party marking the 150th anniversary of the end of the american civil war took about 5,000 miles -lrb- 8,000 kilometers -rrb- south of the south , in a rural brazilian town colonized by families fleeing reconstruction .
for many of the residents of santa barbara d'oeste and neighboring americana in brazil 's southeastern sao paulo state , having confederate ancestry is a point of pride that 's celebrated in high style at the annual ` festa dos confederados , ' or ` confederates party ' in portuguese .