The Civil War has been commemorated in many ways, ranging from the reenactment of battles, to statues and memorial halls being erected, to films, and to stamps and coins with Civil War themes being issued, all of which helped to shape public memory. These commemorations occurred in greater numbers on the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the war.
Hollywood's take on the war has been especially influential in shaping public memory, as in such film classics as
The Birth of a Nation (1915),
Gone with the Wind (1939), and
Lincoln (2012).
Ken Burns's
PBS television series
The Civil War (1990) is well-remembered, though criticized for its historical inaccuracy.
