Posted on 06/28/2015 6:55:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
When pictures of Dylann Roof holding the Confederate Flag were uncovered, the South’s history during the Civil War was brought back to the forefront.
“The Confederacy itself was basically the slave owner’s vision of a good country. A country that rested as their Vice President said on the corner stone of slavery as an institution on a basic racial inequality,” said John Hayes, Assistant Professor of History at Georgia Regents University.
Hayes says there are three parts of history with different meanings that surround the Confederacy. The Confederacy in the 1860s, the commemoration of the Confederacy, and the last occurred during the 50s and 60s.
“There’s another wave of commemoration and use of confederate symbols. That’s when Georgia changed its flag to display more of the Confederate battle insignia. That’s when the flag was raised at the South Carolina state house,” Hayes told News Channel 6.
Only a portion of Americans can relate to figures and symbols of the Civil War era, yet we still have memorials named after these leaders. Re-established as Fort Gordon on March 21, 1956, Camp Gordon was named after Lieutenant John Brown Gordon.
“Let’s keep in mind, these are people who led… you know were officers leading a rebellion against the USA. It’s always seemed very odd to me that we have US bases named for people that, didn’t just live in the South, but were leaders in an armed rebellions against the USA,” said Hayes.
Army Chief of Public Affairs Brigadier General Malcolm B. Frost released a statement on behalf of the Army “Every Army installation is named for a soldier who holds a place in our military history. Accordingly, these historic names represent individuals, not causes or ideologies. It should be noted that the naming occurred in the spirit of reconciliation, not division.”
“Public space does matter and the symbols that are in our public spaces are meaningful,” said Hayes.
The decision to change the name of a base is up to individual military services and not the Defense Department. Pentagon Spokesman Col. Steve Warren said on Wednesday there was currently no talk about renaming any military installations.
You cannot rewrite history by changing the name of Fort Hood to Fort Harvey Milk.
This whole “get rid of confederate statues of confederate leaders” reminds me of the Stalinists editing out of historic photos previous communist members, like Trotsky, that Stalin didn’t want.
the Left has all the commie tactics.HA.
Next thing will be a rainbow over the anchor and globe on the Marine Corps Insignia...
and change Semper Fidelis to “ Always tolerant.”
It is coming.
I should be losing a lot of weight lately...i keep throwing up. ha.
The Confederate generals were tactical geniuses, but they sucked or were indifferent to the mundane things like supply and mounting sustained campaigns. Most of the food shortages and medical shortages were due to lack of attention to detail and a corrupt quartermaster corp. No sutlers were allowed in the South and this left to much power in the hands of the supply officers.
Mt Rushmore was carved by Gutzem Borglum, supposedly a KKK member, so we better be like ISIS and destroy the monument.
“Every Army installation is named for a soldier who holds a place in our military history. Accordingly, these historic names represent individuals, not causes or ideologies. It should be noted that the naming occurred in the spirit of reconciliation, not division.”
—It’s always seemed very odd to me that we have US bases named for people that, didn’t just live in the South, but were leaders in an armed rebellions against the USA,” said Hayes.—
Your words are disingenuous, Mr. Hayes.
It was defiance against tyranny, something very anathema to American values. Or at least it used to be. It was a fight for independence, something that is very American.
Hayes is playing with words and twisting their meaning so as to make the reader come to the conclusion that fits his narrative.
Someday
soon
some
sad
sonofabitch
will serve
on the USS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.
Sure, change them, just don’t make the mistake of naming them after democrats again as they all were.
Remove the professor from his position in the Confederate State of Georgia if it upsets him that much. Go north, young man!
“...change ...to always tolerant...”
Somehow Semper Tolerantia just doesn’t have the same “ring” to it.
And, I can’t imagine Marines saying “Semper Tol.”
Stupid author and head line writer. The bases are named after soldiers.... American proud
These were all men who served in the US Army at one point as well
Those serving on the USS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA can sneak behind enemy ships and attack their rear.
How many of the original 13 states ratified the Constitution on the explicit understanding that their action was irrevocable and that their state could never secede? In 1814 there was a movement in New England to secede because of their unhappiness with the War of 1812.
Even if they rename some of the bases they need to keep Fort Bragg as it is--Bragg did more good to the Union cause than to the Confederate cause.
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