Recent events have once again shaken and stirred the memory of the nation. Almost immediately after the Civil War, a myth arose painting the conflict with a brush that attempted to blur the lines between fact and fiction. Known as the Lost Cause, many of the misconceptions of the present are founded in the late nineteenth century. How does this myth relate to recent events?

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