Saturday, November 15, 2025

A Tale of Two American Cemeteries Bound Together by the Long History of American Racism

Soldiers who had fought to destroy the United States and establish an independent slaveholding republic were given more respect and honor than the men who defended it and helped to save the Union.

One of the ways I’ve chose to process everything going on is to read and sit with history. The more I sit with it, the more I understand that the present crisis is the logical conclusion of the United States never fully dealing with its past demons.