Community: A Civil Discourse Secession, slavery, states’ rights.
Flag controversies, reenactments, monuments. The Civil War
conjures ghosts and shadows. Hunleys and heroes, and conflict
still here, where the first shots were fired 150 years ago. To
mark the sesquicentennial, we asked noted historians, authors,
and educators to offer their personal reflections on what the
anniversary means to them, and to our community Secession,
slavery, states' rights. Flag controversies, reenactments,
monuments. The Civil War conjures ghosts and shadows. Hunleys
and heroes, and conflict still here, where the first shots were
fired 150 years ago. To mark the sesquicentennial, we asked
noted historians, authors, and educators to offer their personal
reflections on what the anniversary means to them, and to our
community. Rising Above Ruins Robert Rosen, attorney, author,
and president of the Fort Sumter/Fort Moultrie Trust As odd as
this may sound, my main feeling about the sesquicentennial of
the Civil War—and Charleston—is