Response to The Founding Fathers ?

As someone born and bred clear up here in the upper left hand corner of the contiguous U.S. (I am a proud descendent of northern European mongrel white trash, BTW) I have always been mystified by what has gone on down there in the opposite corner... Since it seems that most history books are revisionist, and we don't really know the "truth" anyway, would someone please enlighten me about the southern stuff. Why is the confederate flag still flying over a government building? Am I missing something? And while it would be simplistic to assume that Mr. Lincoln was only altruistically defending freedom for all Americans, what's the big bone of contention about Abe? I know that all war is economic, and the US Civil War was more about trade from southern states to Europe. But what's the "real" story? Thanks in reply for your answer.

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