Museum of Southern History

For someone interested in this kind of thing there are some cool things to check out; however, it doesn’t offer enough for someone to drive far to see it. While the workers know a lot about the Civil War, the two I talked to were both huge revisionist nuts. Any historian will tell you the war was about slavery, but not according to these Teahadists. Saw one on Television tonight calling himself a «historian» and attacking people who want to change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest High School – his critique of them and their argument? «They’re communists.» «Ultra-​left-​wing, liberal, communists.»
If you’re proud of your cultural history (or just an admitted racist), it might be a good place to go pick up good talking points that will sound great to anyone who’s not informed. But once this last generation of apologists dies out, hopefully thd collection will be taken to a more proper historical place – like MOSH.
ETA: for the lady who wrote to tell me, «No one needs your political views either,» I would just say that I don’t present political views here – just facts. What they’ve said in the museum or on television. The two people I’ve talked with most here are revisionists (ask any actual historian who specializes in the period of the Civil War, and they’ll debunk all arguments about how the war wasn’t really about slavery, etc.). I’m a proud southerner, and MANY of my relatives fought in the CSA, mostly in units from Georgia. If you see something political, it’s because you’re projecting.