Turning Point for the Sons of Confederate Veterans

february 10, 2003  02:29 pm
Turning Point for the Sons of Confederate Veterans
A battle is raging within the ranks of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Should the group stick to maintaining gravestones and the like -- or devote itself to fighting for the right to display Confederate symbols everywhere from schools to statehouses? "I think who wins will be a straw in the wind about how the white South is interpreting its past and setting its agenda for the future," offers UNC Professor Harry Watson, the director of the Chapel Hill-based Center for the Study of the American South.