1903 New Orleans reunion

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The 1903 New Orleans reunion was a major gathering of former Confederate soldiers and supporters, marked by parades, speeches, and commemorative events celebrating the Confederate legacy in the early 20th-century South.

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1903 New Orleans reunion canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate veterans reunion ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
approximateDate 1903-05 ⓘ
associatedWith Confederate monuments and symbolism ⓘ
attendeeType Confederate heritage groups ⓘ
Southern civic leaders ⓘ
veterans organization members ⓘ
cityGovernmentInvolved City of New Orleans ⓘ
commemoratedGroup Confederate States Army veterans ⓘ
Confederate States Navy veterans ⓘ
commemorativePractice ceremonial marches ⓘ
public oratory ⓘ
wreath-laying ceremonies ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalContext Lost Cause movement in the American South ⓘ
followedBy later United Confederate Veterans reunions ⓘ
hasPart commemorative events ⓘ
parades ⓘ
speeches ⓘ
heritageNarrative glorification of Confederate service ⓘ
historicalRegion American South ⓘ
ideologicalContext white supremacist social order in the post-Reconstruction South ⓘ
includesActivity flag displays ⓘ
memorial services for the dead ⓘ
veterans roll calls ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
location New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans
mediaCoverage Southern newspapers ⓘ
memoryPolitics selective remembrance of the Civil War ⓘ
organizer United Confederate Veterans ⓘ
participant former Confederate soldiers ⓘ
supporters of the Confederacy ⓘ
politicalContext Jim Crow era in the American South ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws
precededBy earlier United Confederate Veterans reunions ⓘ
publicSpaceUse civic venues in New Orleans ⓘ
downtown New Orleans streets ⓘ
purpose to honor Confederate veterans ⓘ
to promote Confederate memory and identity ⓘ
relatedTo American Civil War memory ⓘ
Confederate commemoration ⓘ
significance major gathering of Confederate veterans in the post–Civil War South ⓘ
socialFunction networking among Southern elites ⓘ
reinforcement of regional identity ⓘ
theme celebration of Confederate legacy ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
typeOfParade military-style procession ⓘ
year 1903 ⓘ

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United Confederate Veterans → significantEvent → 1903 New Orleans reunion ⓘ