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Does removing those statues change anything? Are we hiding from history or is it time for them to go?
It's sad to see that.Here are two high schools named after confederate leaders. And we wonder why some Black folks are so confused about Confederate monuments.
Here are two high schools named after confederate leaders. And we wonder why some Black folks are so confused about Confederate monuments.
What's really sad is that around the the time S.C. removed the confederate flag, legislators/governor here (Mtgy.) quickly wrote, passed and signed into law legislation making it illegal to remove statues or change the names of these schools. They can't agrree on anything that really matters but got this done in a couple days.
In B'ham, the mayor and the city are being sued by the atty. general for putting plywood around a statue last night.
But Lee himself never wanted such monuments built.
“I think it wiser,” the retired military leader wrote about a proposed Gettysburg memorial in 1869, “…not to keep open the sores of war but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife, to commit to oblivion the feelings engendered.”
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/robert-e-lee-opposed-confederate-monuments/
Will not change mindsetts or history books.Does removing those statues change anything? Are we hiding from history or is it time for them to go?
Why were there 4 confederate monuments in Baltimore??!
Maryland is a southern state.Why were there 4 confederate monuments in Baltimore??!
Nope.Nope wil
Will not change mindsetts or history books.
Yes, I am aware of that fact! In fact once upon a time I spent countless hours in the MS Department of History and Archives doing genealogical research on my family and finally found them in the 1870 census, the fact that the women of the house when questioned told the census taker that both her mother and father were born in Maryland really gave me a sunken moment of pause when I saw that! I knew exactly what it meant and how he got there. My point was that Maryland was a border state and did not take up arms against the Union.You do realize Maryland was a major port to bring in slaves right. Especially Annapolis.
Yes, I am aware of that fact! In fact once upon a time I spent countless hours in the MS Department of History and Archives doing genealogical research on my family and finally found them in the 1870 census, the fact that the women of the house when questioned told the census taker that her father was born in Maryland really gave me a sunken moment of pause when I saw that! I knew exactly what it meant and how he got there. My point was that Maryland was a border state and did not take up arms against the Union.
Does removing those statues change anything? Are we hiding from history or is it time for them to go?