Confederate heritage organizations

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advocacy group cultural organization historical society memory politics actor

Confederate heritage organizations are groups that seek to preserve and honor the memory, symbols, and narratives of the former Confederate States, often emphasizing Southern pride and downplaying or reframing the role of slavery in the Civil War.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Confederate memorial days 1
Confederate veterans 1
Confederate veterans’ organizations 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf advocacy group ⓘ
cultural organization ⓘ
historical society ⓘ
memory politics actor ⓘ
emergedAfter American Civil War ⓘ
hadGrowthPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
hasActivity Civil War reenactments ⓘ
erection of Confederate memorials ⓘ
genealogical research support ⓘ
heritage education programs ⓘ
lobbying against removal of Confederate monuments ⓘ
maintenance of Confederate cemeteries ⓘ
preservation of Confederate monuments ⓘ
public advocacy for Confederate symbols ⓘ
publication of newsletters and magazines ⓘ
hasCommunicationChannel social media accounts ⓘ
websites ⓘ
hasControversy association with white supremacy ⓘ
criticism by civil rights organizations ⓘ
defense of Confederate flag display ⓘ
opposition to removal of Confederate monuments ⓘ
hasIdeology Lost Cause narrative ⓘ
Southern heritage ⓘ
regionalism ⓘ
hasLegalInvolvement lawsuits over monument removal ⓘ
hasMembershipBasis descent from Confederate soldiers ⓘ
interest in Confederate history ⓘ
hasNarrativeFrame downplaying role of slavery in Civil War ⓘ
emphasis on bravery of Confederate soldiers ⓘ
emphasis on states' rights ⓘ
portrayal of Confederacy as defending constitutional principles ⓘ
hasOppositionFrom civil rights groups ⓘ
racial justice activists ⓘ
some historians ⓘ
hasPrimaryFocus American Civil War commemoration ⓘ
Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate memory ⓘ
Confederate symbols ⓘ
includesExample Children of the Confederacy ⓘ
Military Order of the Stars and Bars ⓘ
Confederate heritage organizations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sons of Confederate Veterans

United Daughters of the Confederacy ⓘ
isSubjectOf debates over public memory ⓘ
debates over systemic racism ⓘ
heritage versus hate controversy ⓘ
operatesIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
operatesPrimarilyIn Southern United States ⓘ
usesSymbol Confederate battle flag ⓘ
Confederate national flags ⓘ
monuments of Confederate leaders ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lost Cause of the Confederacy → associatedWith → Confederate heritage organizations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate memorial days
Ku Klux Klan → foundedBy → Confederate heritage organizations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate veterans
Confederate heritage organizations → includesExample → Confederate heritage organizations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sons of Confederate Veterans
Lost Cause of the Confederacy → influencedBy → Confederate heritage organizations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate veterans’ organizations
Lost Cause ideology → promotedBy → Confederate heritage organizations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Confederate Veterans
Lost Cause ideology → promotedBy → Confederate heritage organizations ⓘ