AllenE does, of course, make some excellent points.  However, those points are focused on conditions of the distant past which is now behind us.  We now know that the officers and politicians of the Confederacy were traitorous thugs who do not deserve accolades but, rather, truth telling concerning their crimes against the United States of America.  They definitely should be remembered but only in  history books and museums dealing with the conditions of the day.  We must remember the truth of such people in order not to repeat the same mistakes again.