“Memorial Day isn’t for confederate soldiers, otherwise it would be called Traitor’s Day.”?

[ManInChains]

“Memorial Day isn’t for confederate soldiers, otherwise it would be called Traitor’s Day.”

Do you agree or disagree with this quote?

Agree

Disagree

[RebelinSteel]

As a Brit having a quick read on it, I disagree. The following from the linked article.

They Were Americans Before and Became Americans Afterward

Although they were traitors during the Civil War, many veterans of the Confederacy fought for the United States before the Civil War and went on to fight for the United States in future conflicts. Their lives were not defined by their service in the Confederacy, but they were complex individuals who were influenced by their time, location, and family. They made their own unique choices. We are not their judges, yet we can learn from them as we learn about their lives.

By the flow of the inland river,
Whence the fleets of iron have fled,
Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver,
Asleep are the ranks of the dead:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day;
Under the one, the Blue,
Under the other, the Gray.

These in the robings of glory,
Those in the gloom of defeat,
All with the battle-blood gory,
In the dusk of eternity meet:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day,
Under the laurel, the Blue,
Under the willow, the Gray.

From the silence of sorrowful hours
The desolate mourners go,
Lovingly laden with flowers
Alike for the friend and the foe:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day,
Under the roses, the Blue,
Under the lilies, the Gray.

So, with an equal splendor,
The morning sun-rays fall,
With a touch impartially tender,
On the blossoms blooming for all:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day,
Broidered with gold, the Blue,
Mellowed with gold, the Gray.

So, when the summer calleth,
On forest and field of grain,
With an equal murmur falleth
The cooling drip of the rain:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day,
Wet with the rain, the Blue,
Wet with the rain, the Gray.

Sadly, but not with upbraiding,
The generous deed was done,
In the storm of the years that are fading
No braver battle was won:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day,
Under the blossoms, the Blue,
Under the garlands, the Gray.

No more shall the war cry sever,
Or the winding rivers be red;
The banish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves of our dead!
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day,
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray.

[NamerOfStars]

By that logic, what would the Fourth of July be called? For that matter, given that the whole point of the war (as per modern revisionist educational standards, anyway) was to "free the slaves", given that much of the Confederate army was forced into it, they should be seen as victims, rather than traitors.

[ManInChains]

War, regardless of what side you’re on, is horrible. Everyone involved including the enemy side deserve to be respected and honored for their bravery for standing up for whatever it is they believe in and stand for even if what they stand for or believe is evil and wrong.

[NamerOfStars]

But if they're only there because a gun was put to their heads, they're NOT standing up for what they believe in.

[Dongie]

Being a conservative I agree. I've lost close cousins to liberalism. As in on speaking terms

[msc545]

Agreed.