PUBLIC HISTORIANS: HISTORIES, COMMUNITIES, AND CONTROVERSIES

[...]the debate over the propriety of the flag was in part an argument about what constituted the "community" of South Carolina-how is it defined? For me, a student about to embark on a career in public history, the flag battle was the perfect illustration of how the distant past and contemporary politics can intersect. [...]it demonstrated that different communities can view their shared past in dramatically different ways.