The last shots of the Spanish Civil War were fired in 1939, but Spain is suddenly fighting the battle all over again. Ordinary Spaniards are unearthing the memory of grandparents slain in the brutal three-year conflict. Current-events shows are dedicating entire programs to the topic. And a bill is winding its way through Parliament seeking to rewrite history by officially reassigning blame in the bloody war. …The Civil War that tore Spain in half, as immortalized in books by Orwell and Hemingway, began with a 1936 military uprising by Gen. Francisco Franco and led to a 40-year right-wing dictatorship. The period was all but relegated to the history books -- until Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero came to power in 2004. Mr. Zapatero, a self-described "red" and pacifist, is pushing a new historical reading of the Spanish Civil War that includes literally rubbing Gen. Franco's name off the map. As part of a proposed new "law of historical memory," Mr. Zapatero wants towns across Spain to erase all vestiges of Franco -- from street names to statues. Hundreds of streets are still named "Generalisimo Franco," or "Avenue of the Caudillo," as he was known. Many towns across Spain still carry Franco in their name, such as Ribadelago de Franco. Mr. Zapatero is now pushing for a law that would place the blame for the Civil War squarely on Gen. Franco and rehabilitate the image of the Second Republic, which he fervently believes should be considered the forerunner of Spain's modern democracy. "We have to recognize the victims of Francoism, because they suffered the fruit of a military dictatorship," Mr. Zapatero said earlier this year.