Do you think Civil War history should be more objective?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on August 14, 2006
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“I think they should look at if from the perspective that all wars are tragic and that it was a tragedy that happened to the people involved, not as victory for the good people and punishment of the bad.”
— Andy Wolff, camp counselor/staff naturalist, Lawrence
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“History really shouldn't be told by people who write the history books or the side that won, but by the individual histories of the people who actually lived through it.”
— Mollie Sultenfuss, teacher, Newton
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“If you ask that about the Civil War, then you have to ask the same question of all history. The people who win write the story.”
— Maura Egan, food service, Lawrence
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“I think they oversimplify what happened. People need to learn that it was fought over more than slavery and primarily over sectionalism.”
— Chris Liverman, Kansas University medical student, Kansas City, Kan.