Lynda, when I was in school, there was an essay contest every year, sponsored by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. My mother enrolled me every year, I suppose because she thought “people would talk” if she didn’t, and I wasn’t old enough to rebel. I did as little work as I could get by with. We were given time during class, when w…
Lynda, when I was in school, there was an essay contest every year, sponsored by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. My mother enrolled me every year, I suppose because she thought “people would talk” if she didn’t, and I wasn’t old enough to rebel. I did as little work as I could get by with. We were given time during class, when we should have been learning *anything* else, to work on these essays. This is by way of saying that any teacher who had taught us anything that went against the Glorious Cause narrative would have lost her (always her) job.
I had a few friends when I was working that did the entire foolish Daughters of the Confederacy thing up to dressing up and re-enactment. I always thought it was ridiculous, but honestly I didn't realize the harm it was doing until much later.
For the past 10 years, I’ve been indexing for the DAR Genealogical Research System, a tool to help history students, researchers, scholars and teachers. Not an “ugh.”
Lynda, when I was in school, there was an essay contest every year, sponsored by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. My mother enrolled me every year, I suppose because she thought “people would talk” if she didn’t, and I wasn’t old enough to rebel. I did as little work as I could get by with. We were given time during class, when we should have been learning *anything* else, to work on these essays. This is by way of saying that any teacher who had taught us anything that went against the Glorious Cause narrative would have lost her (always her) job.
I had a few friends when I was working that did the entire foolish Daughters of the Confederacy thing up to dressing up and re-enactment. I always thought it was ridiculous, but honestly I didn't realize the harm it was doing until much later.
For those essays & poetry submissions, be sure to avoid the phrase “Civil War. Instead use “War Between the States.” lol
My New Englander's view: it's The War to Fulfill America's Promise. But I just say or write "Civil War."
Oh the good ole DAR! Ugh
The DAR is a very different organization than the DAC. Both have their issues, but the DAC are just plain racist.
For the past 10 years, I’ve been indexing for the DAR Genealogical Research System, a tool to help history students, researchers, scholars and teachers. Not an “ugh.”