History Matters

History or Memory?: Overlapping Ways to Approach the Past


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Where does history begin and memory end? Why do monuments fail to reflect history? How does memory illustrate a complicated and diverse Southern history? What does it mean to keep the past in the present? In a wide-ranging podcast, Steve Blankenship and Shannon Bontrager discuss their work on memory and history to explore what it means for us in the present. 

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History MattersBy Shannon Bontrager