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Should Confederate war dead be excluded from Memorial Day observances?
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Selected thesis
Confederate soldiers should be excluded from Memorial Day observances.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1
Confederate soldiers were not US soldiers.
Pro claim 2
The Confederacy is too closely associated with slavery for its soldiers to be included in Memorial Day.
Con claim 1
Including Confederate soldiers in Memorial Day is an important step to reconciliation.
Con claim 2
Excluding Confederate soldiers from Memorial Day is an erasure of history.