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$1 million in Virginia public funding sponsored “Lost Cause” film in 2013
by
Kristin Reed and
Tom Nash
Before Virginia Military Institute cadets were photographed in blackface in yearbooks, they fought to preserve slavery during the Civil War in the Battle of New Market. The 2015 film Field of Lost Shoes - produced with $1 million in Virginia public funds - chronicles that battle.