"Memorial Day has the tendency to conjure up old arguments about the Civil War. That’s understandable; it was created to mourn the dead of a war in which the Union was nearly destroyed, when half the country rose up in rebellion in defense of slavery."
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Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America (2021)
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