Lee, Jackson statues coming down in Charlottesville VA
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Source: BlueVirginia
Step-by-step photos of Lee, Jackson statues coming down in Charlottesville.
Read more: https://bluevirginia.us/2021/07/photos-video-charlottesville-removes-statues-of-confederate-generals-robert-e-lee-stonewall-jackson
The statues of Lee and Jackson that have soiled Charlottesville VA for decades are down!!!
Lowell over at BlueVirginia has been following today's events, complete with photos of the step-by-step removal.
https://bluevirginia.us/2021/07/photos-video-charlottesville-removes-statues-of-confederate-generals-robert-e-lee-stonewall-jackson
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)I recall seeing that when we toured the Bull Run battlefield 41 years ago.
AverageOldGuy
(1,535 posts)Manassas Battlefield National Park is federal property, administered by the National Park Service. I am not aware of any movement to remove Confederate statues or monuments from battlefields.
I was born and reared in south Mississippi, thoroughly drenched in the "Lost Cause" myth -- then I learned to read and left the South. I am a huge proponent of removing all the damn Confederate statues from courthouse lawns, town centers and the like that are all over the South. The bulk of those statues were erected in 1900-1920 and in the 1960's, all in reaction to gains by African-Americans and all in an attempt to show them who was in charge.
On the other hand, I think statues and monuments are appropriate in the battlefields as they are part of history there.
Just my $0.02 worth.
Check this out:
https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/com_whose_heritage.pdf
Jimvanhise
(302 posts)A STATUE is not a STATUTE.
AverageOldGuy
(1,535 posts)Thank you for catching it.
In my posts, any errors are either accidental or on purpose.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,093 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,236 posts)IronLionZion
(45,472 posts)absolutely nobody has confederate heritage in the way they might have Irish or German heritage
mitch96
(13,918 posts)This is the only rebel flag I would follow... YMMV
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Kid Berwyn
(14,933 posts)Family tradition, we are proud to say.
Grokenstein
(5,727 posts)"Wait, did we teach history before?"
"Shh!"
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