On Saturday, a group of about 30 mustered under drizzly skies at the edge of the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa. The site of one of the bloodiest and most important battles of the Civil War, Gettysburg has seen its share of clashes over the memory of the war in recent years. Some in the group wore T-shirts emblazoned with a social media-ready battle cry: #wewantmorehistory. “Our job is to do something a bit more constructive by telling a fuller story,” he said. The group was part of a “Call to Action” organized by the Journal of the Civil War Era, a scholarly publication.

Source: New York Times September 28, 2020 20:15 UTC