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As to the issue of whether or not secession was legal or illegal at the time, the North deemed it so by allowing West Virginia to remain a state after the war. You can't have it both ways. Anyway, who gave the north ownership of what was legal or illegal as it pertained to secession? That they claim ownership of it's viability is a good window into how they claimed ownership of everything the South wanted for itself at the time. It is no wonder why the South wanted to end the relationship.

The light of truth has broken through the historical narrative handed down over the years by those who want to hide what actually happened back then. Anything reminding us of this truth, such as monuments, plaques, etc. must be removed if these handed down falsehoods are to remain the primary story. North good, South bad. It actually is the total opposite. The South owned it's own destiny and decided to take control of it. The North, owners of it's own destiny, decided that it owned the destiny of the South as well and had no problem sacrificing the lives of 750,000 young men in the prime of their lives to enforce it's will. THAT is what happened however you wish to color it. Your colors might be the brightest greens and reds and yellows but in the light of the truth appear to be shit brown.

Uncle Sham: "The light of truth has broken through the historical narrative handed down over the years by those who want to hide what actually happened back then."

But your "light" is total lies, the Lost Cause Myth, invented decades after the fact by Democrats eager to reunite with their erstwhile Northern Democrat allies.

Uncle Sham: "Anything reminding us of this truth, such as monuments, plaques, etc. must be removed if these handed down falsehoods are to remain the primary story.
North good, South bad. It actually is the total opposite."

Nobody on this site wants to remove your old monuments & plaques -- keep them to honor your own ancestors and your vision of their "truths".
But when you cross the line into inventing your own "facts" and distorting actual events, then you'll be called out on that.

Count on it.