The South will rise again, perhaps ignited by the stars and bars
—Christian Science Monitor. Other uniting factors are state's rights and resistance to the Federal government, nostalgia for lost heritage, and yes, plain old bigotry. "The war occurred, and there's no point in pretending it didn't. Besides, removing all signs of the Civil War is a little akin to the Soviets airbrushing assassinated leaders out of photographs."'
