N.C. city votes to fund controversial Civil War, Reconstruction center

The Fayetteville City Council agreed Monday to pay $6.6 million toward the construction of a history center — a move the co-chair of the center's board says practically guarantees that the facility will be built in the North Carolina city. Some residents have raised questions about how the center will tell the story of the Civil War. Some of those concerns were echoed by council members. The motion by Councilman Mario Benavente to approve the funding included a stipulation that the center would tell the “true story” of the war and its aftermath rather than the “myth of ‘Lost Cause’ narratives.” -- Article