Objectivity Never Makes Anyone Happy

Richmond, Virginia is home to a new Civil War Museum that addresses head-on America’s divergent viewpoints on race, regional pride, and the war that very nearly destroyed a young country. To do that, the museum presents, without judgment, the views of what it sees as the three distinct players in the Civil War struggle: Northerners, Southern Confederates, and the African-Americans caught in the middle. But not everyone is happy with the museum’s willingness to present the Confederate viewpoint without explicitly condemning it.