and in a determination to defend their rights.

决心捍卫他们的权利
Now, not a few believe that the rights of the whites

现在不少民众却相信被侵犯的
are those which have been infringed upon."

是白人的权利"
Historical memory is always a contest,

历史的记忆总是一场争论
it's always a struggle, it's always a battle,

一场搏斗一场战争
a debate over who gets to own it, control it, narrate it,

一场关于谁开始拥有控制讲述
organize it, declare it.

组织和声明的辩论
And everybody was trying.

每人都在试图这样做
But in Philadelphia they put on the biggest show

但他们在费城举办了一场美国历史上
the United States had ever put on,

规模最大的展览
the biggest show the United States had ever attempted.

也是美国史上尝试举办过规模最大的展览
The United States Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876,

1876年的美国费城百年博览会