Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, historian Charles B. Dew takes Florida Governor DeSantis to task for perpetuating America’s first big lie. He cites an example from early in DeSantis’s career, when DeSantis taught history (or, at least, his version of history). A nugget:
How does this interpretation hold up?
Not very well, the overwhelming majority of American historians working in this field today would say, and I am among them.
(“Not very well” is–er–a bit of an understatement.)
Follow the link to see what the Secesh themselves said to explain why they took up arms.