Posted on 10/29/2017 5:01:36 PM PDT by Trump20162020
New Confederate statues and plaques are appearing across the country, and authorities are powerless to act because many are being built on private land.
But those who honor the Confederacy have been quietly working to preserve, and even increase, the number of Confederate monuments.
In the small town of Orange, on the Texas-Louisiana border, the privately funded Confederate Memorial of the Wind is nearing completion. Stretching across a half-acre, the monument’s 13 pillars, each representing a Confederate state, rise from a circular base. It will eventually be surrounded by poles flying Confederate battle flags.
In Chickamauga, Georgia, last year, a new statue to a Confederate soldiers was raised, funded by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a society that aims to keep the memory of the Confederacy alive.
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Good
Probably the only way to counter the attempt to erase history, most of which was hoisted on the South by the DEMs in this case. Unfortunately, I’m guessing the next stage will be attempts to deface/destroy these monuments on private property.
The liberals are trying to destroy all history of the United States. This is just another attempt to change history. The history books are being changed. From what I read, the muslims own most of the publishing companies these days and are busy changing American history to say the muzzies were here before they were here. To read their books, they were on the Mayflower.
Yes, though the Confederate government claimed Kentucky and Missouri as part of the CSA.
They also claimed Kentucky and Missouri.
Lived and worked in Orange, TX many years ago. Great place, great people.
I’m pretty sure the Confederacy consisted of only 11 states.
It was a bit more than that
Just claiming ..
A lot of Missouri and Kentucky volunteers fought for the CSA
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Missouri_Civil_War_Confederate_Infantry_Units
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Kentucky_Civil_War_Confederate_Units_1st_through_14th
A few hundred buried about 500 yards north of my house at Carnton
Orphan Brigade
Kentucky was about evenly divided 60/40 union versus CSA
Missouri less so even though it’s govt was more pro CSA at first till the occupation
We also need some more monuments memorializing past conquests over the muslims.
“Good.”
Ditto.
IMHO
Outstanding
At the beginning of 1861 Missouri government was pretty much pro-confederate. I believe Kentucky tried to declare neutrality. Both states were represented in both the US and CS congresses and both sent lots of troops to both sides. As they say history is written by the winner, so as we look at it now, neither state ‘officially’ seceded. In Cape Girardeau Mo, there is a large Union memorial and a smaller Confederate memorial at the city courthouse. The Confederate memorial has not been defaced or torn down (yet).
I had an ancestor in Missouri who served in a Missouri Union unit. His brother was a Confederate. They didn’t face each other in the same battle (my ancestor apparently did not see any combat during his enlistment).
“authorities are powerless to act...”
Nope. No bias there.
NEWSWEAK does not approve.
I like how three different polls taken here in 2017 show over 60% of Americans want to keep the Confederate statues/monuments where they are, and only about a quarter want them relocated, yet the media acts like it's only a few white Southern bigots that want them to be left alone. These are national polls too, with New York and California included.
“I’m pretty sure the Confederacy consisted of only 11 states”
I hope they didn’t rely on Obama for the number of states....
All patriotic Americans know that the Confederacy was a just cause. We’d all be better off if that cause had succeeded.
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