Iconic America | Stone Mountain: United Daughters of the Confederacy Commemorate i Lost Soldiers

This video takes a look at The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the pivotal role that they played in memorializing Confederate soldiers. This organization, originally comprising female relatives of Civil War soldiers who fought for The South, was instrumental in propagandizing the war and reframing its origins by coining phrases such as “The War of Northern aggression.”
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[@VincentBalducci]

Love these ladies! The UDC is amazing

[@ArchieBl3h]

Imagine if we had nazi memorials after ww2, and let their sympathizers write our textbooks about ww2.

[@lisalasoya2898]

Hello, my heritage consist of 33rd confederate army under John Duff, my grandfather was taped during the civil war with Jesse James. I want to give respect by way of hard working individuals earning good grades all their life, it is to upgrade. Both, me & my other half have endured a confinement that should be for a better prospective, then handing it to the street. We want to help other descendants like: John Smollen & Bobby Sherman....

[@concernedcitizen2816]

Um, I'm really not going to take someone seriously that can't get the udc's name right rofl.