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The Batavian. Turns out history is not what you learned about from your fifth grade textbook. Like human beings, its complicated, multifaceted and a work in progress. Historians who gathered at Genesee Community College on Saturday to discuss monuments and statues of the Confederacy made that point clear. Monroe County Dwi Victim Impact Panel Program' title='Monroe County Dwi Victim Impact Panel Program' />Other issues emanating from that controversial topic were more opaque. Should Confederate monuments be disassembled and put into a museum Or stand as they are and contextualized by the addition of explanatory signage or a juxtaposing anti memorial By what criteria do we evaluate the people honored Are they more than their worst traits Do they contribute to the public discussion beyond their role in the Confederacy While more and more Americans wrestle with those kinds of questions, by all accounts, the current debate is fraught with emotion. XQIEvmpFr8/0.jpg' alt='Monroe County Dwi Victim Impact Panel Program' title='Monroe County Dwi Victim Impact Panel Program' />Theres a quick tempered divisiveness that too often rapidly devolves into shouting matches or worse, culminating in the nadir at Charlottesville. Derek Maxfield, Ph. D., GCC associate professor of History, brought together a three man panel to weigh in on Confederate monuments. It was the last session in a day spent talking about the short shrift that history, especially local history, is getting in New York classrooms, the stifling trend of teaching to the test, and disaster preparedness as it relates to safeguarding historical artifacts. Speaking were Via Skype Chris Mackowski, Ph. D., who lives just outside Frederickburg, Va., but teaches online as professor of Journalism and Mass Communications at St. Bonaventure University in Cattaraugus County. Monroe County Dwi Victim Impact Panel Program' title='Monroe County Dwi Victim Impact Panel Program' />Michael Eula, Ph. D., Genesee County historian, who is a retired academic who spent 3. Canisteo Man Arrested for Possession of Controlled Substance A Canisteo man was arrested and sent to Steuben County Jail after a Dansville traffic stop. Archives and past articles from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly. A New York State Police Investigator from Steuben County has received the Federal Law Enforcement Foundations Investigator of the year award. QuickSiteImages/layout_writer_chichester_05.jpg' alt='Monroe County Dwi Victim Impact Panel Program' title='Monroe County Dwi Victim Impact Panel Program' />California Community College system. Danny Hamner, GCC adjunct professor of History for the past 1. Batavia. They cited a series of articles which have been published online at a site called The Emerging Civil War, which offers fresh and evolving perspectives on Americas deadliest conflict. To visit, click here. Mackowski provided a launching point for the sake of the discussion at GCC. He penned an article from a free speech perspective for the Emerging Civil War series because it interested him as a journalism professor, and other authors had dibs on other aspects of the controversy. As soon as you start saying, Take down that statue because its offensive to me, to me, thats a First Amendment issue, Mackowski said. Here you have artistic expression and people saying That art is offensive. Its always been my understanding that one of the purposes of art is to provoke. So, of course, in some ways its going to be offensive to some people. Eula said I couldnt agree more that art as embodied in these statues is by definition provocative. In fact, it should be provocative. First and foremost, we need to remember that when we look at these monuments, and the discussion surrounding them, we are talking about more than monuments. Were talking about how we conceive of American historyof our civil society. I think each side engaging in the conversation needs to take a moment to try and understand the other perspective, the other side. Hamner said that although hes disturbed by the emotional response against Confederate artwork, he diverged with Mackowski on two points. Firstly, the question of public art versus private expression. He said he associates the First Amendment with personal displays of art putting a Confederate flag on your porch. But when it comes to public art, to me its not a question of free speech, its a question of pure politics, Hamner said. Therefore, Hamner advocates having a true political process to work through so that opinions are heard and a rationale discourse can take place regarding each monument or statue on a case by case basis. Secondly, whether there is instrinsic value in a work of art strikes him as moving the goalpost a little bit. Hamner said the tougher question that does need addressing is Do these people have intrinsic values that we need to respect outside of their association with the ConfederacyMackowski, acknowledging he purposely wrote from the viewpoint he did because it was not covered by others in the online series, agreed with his colleagues. As we wrestle with the notion of what makes somebody worth honoring, a fear particularly in pro Confederate quarters is Whos next Mackowski said, and while some argue this is a slippery slope, he allowed that we probably need to evaluate some of these other folks. What do these guys represent It was at this point that host Maxfield brought up the stark argument, in The Emerging Civil War series, proferred by Julie Mujic pronounced MEW hick, Ph. D., adjunct professor of History at Capital University in Bexley, Ohio. Obstructed Labor Pdf on this page. She argues that Confederate statues commemorate treason and ought to be removed. To sustain Confederate monuments sends the message that its necessary to celebrate the effort, even when that effort was malicious. The monuments must come down. They represent inequality, oppressionMackowski said Mujics stance strikes at the heart of the whole argument What do these guys representAs you know, the history of the war was rewritten as soon as the war was over. And instead of it being about slavery, it starts to be about noble sacrifice, doing your duty, and honor and states rights. So today, a lot of people refuse to look at people who served with the Confederacy as being traitors, but in fact, thats what they were. So do you honor that or not Thats a very important question that we dont have a common context for. Acdsee Photo Editor Full Version. Hamner has a problem with both Mujics argument AND the defenders of the monuments for essentially the same reason. He cites a catch phrase, even used by President Trump in a tweet, that You cant change history. He said people tend to think of the past as objective, factual and unchanging our historical interpretation of that past as either right or wrong. The problem is, that implies that the process was somehow supposed to end. The deal is, reinterpretation of the objective truth is going to happen with every generation, as knowledge evolves, more facts come to light, consensus migrates. As they all conceded, historians and the citizenry cant change the past, but the interpretations of the past must be constantly requestioned. Im always struck by the curious statement that Were revising history, Eula said. My reaction is that History is always being revised. Having said that, Eula noted that at the time most, if not all, of the statues and monuments were erected, there was no national debate about it, no consensus. We need to keep in mind the question Is the removal of a monument erasing history or merely calling our attention to what is now a different interpretation of that moment in timeForgotten nearly always in these discussions, Eula pointed out, are the poor whites who had not been supportive of the Confederacy from the get go. A whole year before the North passed a draft law forcing mandatory armed service, the Confederacy did so, which tells historians the South was not getting the numbers of volunteers for The Lost Cause that many today would like to imagine. And the slave holding elite, later the pardoned ex slave holding elite, still got the run of the place after the war. That meant former slave owners got to become the local bankers, and pass vagrancy laws, which continued the bondage of freed men, Eula explained.