A new era of monument men and women (VA)
Posted: Saturday, July 25, 2015 10:30 pm
By Marsha Mercer
... As in countless other communities in the South, though, Alexandria is weighing whether to move the Confederate sculpture to a museum. The City Council is expected to take up the issue in the fall ...
My guess is that a year from now we’ll see fewer Confederate monuments on Southern streets, squares and parks and more in museums. That’s a step in the right direction, but we should do more.
Communities will miss the moment if they put Confederates in the attic, figuratively, but fail to think of all that’s happened in the 150 years since the end of the Civil War. Surely, we can find more recent heroes and stories to pass to future generations ...
We can and should do more to recognize the contributions of women. The Virginia Women’s Monument Commission is raising money and seeking names of Virginia women for a monument on Capitol Square in Richmond. A dozen figures will be cast in bronze and names of other notable Virginia women will be inscribed on a Wall of Honor ...
http://www.richmond.com/opinion/their-opinion/marsha-mercer/article_5208e5ae-5333-5779-a2b5-124e97f5ff35.html
