The education system can, at times, leave details out of the story of America’s history. Exactly how much work has been done to omit information and how do fix the whitewashing of history today? The United Daughters Of the Confederacy were founded in 1894 by the children of those who served and gave their support, working to preserve and commemorate sites to honor the Confederacy. This has been done through erecting monuments in honor of Confederate soldiers (according to the encyclopedia virginia.org, about 450 to 700 markers, statues and buildings), maintaining historical records, and they are even credited with perpetuating