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		<title>Trayvon Martin and Civil War Memory</title>
		<link>http://cwmemory.com/2012/03/30/trayvon-martin-and-civil-war-memory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Levin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outrage over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin last month in Sanford, Florida can now be seen in the form of graffiti on Civil War monuments in New Orleans.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Virginians Give Lincoln His Day?</title>
		<link>http://cwmemory.com/2012/01/25/should-virginians-give-lincoln-his-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Levin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news that the Virginia General Assembly is considering setting aside a day to honor Abraham Lincoln has certainly triggered some emotional responses.  That is not surprising, but let&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Ron Paul Shenanigans</title>
		<link>http://cwmemory.com/2012/01/21/more-ron-paul-shenanigans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Levin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago I linked to a video of Ron Paul lecturing a group about the Civil War and today I came across another segment from that same talk.  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>45</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rick Santorum on Nullification and the Civil War</title>
		<link>http://cwmemory.com/2012/01/06/rick-santorum-on-nullification-and-the-civil-war/</link>
		<comments>http://cwmemory.com/2012/01/06/rick-santorum-on-nullification-and-the-civil-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Levin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shelby Foote]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No, I won&#8217;t be voting for Rick Santorum in any upcoming primary, but compared to some of his nutty friends on the right [and here] this seems to me to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Holiday Thank You To the 9-11 Memorial Volunteers</title>
		<link>http://cwmemory.com/2011/12/26/a-holiday-thank-you-to-the-9-11-memorial-volunteers/</link>
		<comments>http://cwmemory.com/2011/12/26/a-holiday-thank-you-to-the-9-11-memorial-volunteers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Levin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hope everyone is enjoying the Holiday season.  My wife and I had a wonderful time in New York City.  The weather was fairly mild and pleasant compared to last year&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Occupy Wall Street Teaches History and False Memory</title>
		<link>http://cwmemory.com/2011/12/22/occupy-wall-street-teaches-history-and-false-memory/</link>
		<comments>http://cwmemory.com/2011/12/22/occupy-wall-street-teaches-history-and-false-memory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Levin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil War Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Occupy Movement has not been on my radar much since it took to the streets on September 17, 2011.  I&#8217;ve found it difficult to identify with their stated goals [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Influence of the Confederate Flag on Perceptions of Race</title>
		<link>http://cwmemory.com/2011/11/07/the-influence-of-the-confederate-flag-on-perceptions-of-race/</link>
		<comments>http://cwmemory.com/2011/11/07/the-influence-of-the-confederate-flag-on-perceptions-of-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Levin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joyce Ehrlinger, E. Ashby Plant, Richard P. Eibach, Corey J. Columb, Joanna L. Goplen, Jonathan W. Kunstman, David A. Butz, &#8220;How Exposure to the Confederate Flag Affects Willingness to Vote [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>One Day, We&#8217;ll Commemorate 9-11 Like the Civil War</title>
		<link>http://cwmemory.com/2011/09/09/one-day-well-commemorate-9-11-like-the-civil-war/</link>
		<comments>http://cwmemory.com/2011/09/09/one-day-well-commemorate-9-11-like-the-civil-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Levin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil War Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks I&#8217;ve been thinking about the intersection of 9-11 and Civil War remembrance.  It started with a post on the subject and that led to two [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Greying of Civil War Memory</title>
		<link>http://cwmemory.com/2011/08/23/the-greying-of-civil-war-memory/</link>
		<comments>http://cwmemory.com/2011/08/23/the-greying-of-civil-war-memory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Levin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today I spent some time with an Associated Press writer discussing connections between Civil War remembrance and the upcoming anniversary of 9-11.  I tried to outline some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Ghost of Karl Betts</title>
		<link>http://cwmemory.com/2011/05/24/the-ghost-of-karl-betts/</link>
		<comments>http://cwmemory.com/2011/05/24/the-ghost-of-karl-betts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 17:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Levin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil War Historians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil War Sesquicentennial]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: In it&#8217;s first decision since the resignation of half of its committee members, the West Virginia Sesquicentennial Commission denied a funding request from The Guyandotte Civil War Days festival [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>We Are Not Living in Lincoln&#8217;s House Divided</title>
		<link>http://cwmemory.com/2011/01/10/we-are-not-living-in-lincolns-house-divided/</link>
		<comments>http://cwmemory.com/2011/01/10/we-are-not-living-in-lincolns-house-divided/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Levin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights Movement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend&#8217;s shooting in Tuscon, Arizona has led to a great deal of commentary about the intense partisanship that currently animates our political discourse.  I am as concerned as the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Confederate Reenactors Are Not Nazis, but&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://cwmemory.com/2010/10/13/confederate-reenactors-are-not-nazis-but/</link>
		<comments>http://cwmemory.com/2010/10/13/confederate-reenactors-are-not-nazis-but/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Levin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Thanks to Ta-Nehisi Coates for the link.] The ongoing debate about Republican candidate for Congress, Rich Iott&#8217;s hobby of portraying a Waffen SS soldier, raises a number of interesting questions [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>74</slash:comments>
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