On one visit to the Turner Ashby Monument, I saw these items carefully placed on the memorial.I'm not a fan of displaying the flag of the Confederacy, but here it seems appropriate since Ashby died serving as a Confederate officer.
This flag means different things to different people, just as people fought for different reasons. I like to point out that the reasons that the Civil War occurred are not the same as the reasons that individuals joined in to fight in the war. For many people, the side that they joined was based on where they happened to live when war broke out, an accident of geography. So those of us whose ancestors happened to serve on the winning side need not get particularly righteous about it.
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