Read the excerpt from "Elegy for the Native Guards.”

The Daughters of the Confederacy
has placed a plaque here, at the fort’s entrance—
each Confederate soldier’s name raised hard
in bronze; no names carved for the Native Guards—
2nd Regiment, Union men, black phalanx.
What is monument to their legacy?

What does this excerpt demonstrate about the impact of the past on the present?


A. History tries to remember all people equally.

B. The oppression of people can last far beyond their deaths.

C. It is our responsibility to search for artifacts from history.

D. It is easier to forget about the past than to think about it.