The 150th Anniversary of the Secession Crisis that Led to the Civil War Celebrated?

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Well if you are confused about how to celebrate the illegal, yes it is illegal that was what part of the civil war was all about, secession of South Carolina from the union have a ball.  That is exactly what the one does if they are a white descendant of the South as found in The Guardian article described  here.

Once again many Southern Americans refused to confront the complexities of their ancestry.  As one noted and misguided descendant stated "For us the secession is not about a racial issue," said Michael Givens, the commander-in-chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which sponsored the event. "We are not celebrating slavery, we are celebrating the courage and the tenacity of the people who were prepared to go out and defend their homes."  Defend their homes!  Ok homes is synonomous with property.  That is what the South was fighting for, to preserve their property.  When you consider that slaves were considered "property", much like our modern day farm animals and pets, then the whole concept gets much clearer.  The eminent Southern historian, Charles Drew also illustrated in a recent work that slavery was the main issue for the South as noted in the speeches of its Vice President Alexander Stephens. It was a war to preserve the Southern way of life, that of racial bondage and superiority much like World War II Germany.  Those who cannot see the parallels really miss the point. And I am preparing for an onslaught of emails from those who have not studied the issue. To deny racial superiority as a main component to the Southern way of life would be like saying the Nazi's were just another political party bent on world domination. 

In light of the decision of the Texas State Board of Education's decision to rewrite history, it has become even more imperative that we confront history as honestly as we can.  This means honestly looking at the goals of the States that decided to rebel from the Union.  The Civil War did not occur over night.  Only after a series of start political issues stemming from the Mexican War and the territories acquired therefrom, does the real issue emerge.  Slavery, that was the issue.  Those who state it was for reasons of States' Rights, forget that that argument did not emerged until the 1880s after the end of Reconstruction when Americans were attempting to obtain a consensus.  Now, after 150 years, Americans need to drop the consensus.  If the Civil War was about States' Rights, it was about the Right of the States' to keep their property, i.e. slaves.