" The quiz bowl between the Children of the Confederacy affirms that the manic ardor to keep the memory of Civil War alive is prevalent not only among adults but also among children: "It was an impressive display of rote learning and reminded me [the author] of my own childhood passion for Civil War trivia, though this was a level of fine print I'd never reached" (p.38) The Southerners' attempt to lock the children in their own points of view is eerily similar to religious fervor as one of the Daughters of the Confederacy tells Horwitz: "You have to set [these k...

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