Protests over the public display of the Enola Gay, the plane that
             dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in WWII, serve as an important symbol
             of the public struggle between conservative and political ideologies in
             America. History is largely written by the victors, and it is the victor
             of this ideological struggle that will shape America's further
             interpretations of the war. As such, as the protesters urged a display of
             victim's names alongside the Enola Gay, they are symbolically asking for
             America to redefine its ideas about the root causes and ultimate costs of
             Human memory is notoriously fallible, and society's recollection of
             history is largely dependent on what is written in books, academic
             journals, and what is portrayed in the media. However, our records of
             history of are largely often determined by social and political concerns.
             It is commonly said, that history is written by the victors. As such, the
             current clash of ideologies over the Enola Gay is more than a simple debate
             over facts; it is a war between clashing ideologies for who will ultimately
             be able to write the history of America's use of the atomic bomb.
             Today, America is often torn between conservative and liberal
             political ideologies. This division can be seen in current political
             debates about abortion and health care, and even in campaigns for the
             Perhaps one of the most identifiable symbols of this ideological
             debate emerged in recent controversy over the Enola Gay. The Enola Gay is
             the airplane that dropped America's atomic bomb on Hiroshima (Thomas). As
             such, it is intimately tied up in America's memory of the war, and
             interpretations of the justification for dropping the bomb. In short,
             liberals see the Enola Gay as symbolic of America's destructive war-like
             tendencies and disregard for human suffering, while conservatives see the
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