Posted on 07/15/2015 6:26:19 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
The late Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and led the filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Petitioning West Virginia Governor
To remove the name of the late Senator and Ku Klux Klan member Robert Byrd from the public space, road ways and government buildings (including schools).
Sign Petition
great line.
No. I don’t want to encourage the movement to rename structures or remove historical artifacts based on new found “sensitivities”, even throwing it back at them by removing one of their guys. This movement is stupid and wrong. Let’s not assist in giving it credibility.
Far be it for me to support R Byrd but if we continue down this road there will be no defense to not remove anything related to our founders and quite a bit of our history. In fact it will encourage outright attacks on all things white & Western.
Whites just need to get up off their knees and tell all the progressives and race agitators to GFT.
Because guess who they go after next....the Founding Fathers, who were slave holders.
Washington Redskins? Guess what, after they get rid of “Redskins” they’ll go after “Washington.”
Don't worry, the suggestion to remove Byrd's name is not going anywhere. The Democrat's and mainstream media will not allow that. The notion of holding Democrat Byrd to the supposed high standards of the Dem party is just some mischievous fun.
DITTO.
Include Al Gore Sr. And all the other democrats against civil rights in the fifties and sixties. May be one way for low info folks to learn some facts.
I thought Obama was already doing that by closing coal mines.
Good luck. As the chair of the Appropriations Committee he steered billions into West Virginia , earning him the nickname “King of Pork” and called himself “Big Daddy”.
Partial List of structures, roadways, bridges, etc. named for the eponymic Robert Byrd:
Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University Graduate College, South Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Auditorium, National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Laboratory, West Virginia University in Morgantown
Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education, University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Clinical Teaching Center, Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Medical Center Memorial Hospital, Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center, Princeton, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Health and Wellness Center, Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd High School, Clarksburg, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) Bridgeport Manufacturing Technology Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia
RCBI Charleston Manufacturing Technology Center, South Charleston, West Virginia
RCBI Huntington Manufacturing Technology Center, Huntington, West Virginia
RCBI Rocket Center Manufacturing Technology Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Institute for Composites Technology and Training Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Library, Wheeling, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Library, University of Charleston, Beckley, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center, University of Charleston, Beckley, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, Moorefield, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Metals Fabrication Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Regional Training Institute, Camp Dawson, Kingwood, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Technology Center, Alderson–Broaddus College, Philippi, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center, Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex, Rocket Center, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park, Moorefield, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Pine Grove, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Sugar Grove, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Rooms, Office of the West Virginia Senate Minority Leader, West Virginia State Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Beckley, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Clinic, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Clinical Addition to Veteran’s Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Addition to the Lodge at Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Conference Center and Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality and Tourism, Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The Robert C. Byrd Bridge (crossing the Ohio River between Huntington, West Virginia and Chesapeake, Ohio)
Robert C. Byrd Appalachian Highway System, Appalachian Development Highway System, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Bridge, Ohio County, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Drive, West Virginia Routes 16 and 97 between Beckley and Sophia, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Expressway, United States Route 22 near Weirton, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Freeway, United States Route 119 between Williamson and Charleston, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Highway, United States Route 48 between Weston, West Virginia and the Virginia state line near Wardensville, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Interchange on Interstate 77, Twin Falls Resort State Park
Robert C. Byrd Interchange on United States Route 19, Birch River, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Intermodal Transportation Center, Wheeling, West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam, Ohio River in Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia
Named for Erma Ora Byrd, Robert Byrd’s wife:
The Erma Byrd Higher Education Center, Concord University’s Beckley Campus in Beaver, West Virginia
Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Erma Ora Byrd Center for Educational Technologies, Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia
Erma Ora Byrd Clinical Center, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia
Erma Ora Byrd Conference and Learning Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia
Erma Byrd Eastern Panhandle Health Professions Center, Martinsburg, West Virginia
Erma Byrd Gallery, University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia
Erma Byrd Garden, Graceland Mansion, Elkins, West Virginia
Erma Ora Byrd Hall, Department of Nursing Education, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Erma Byrd Higher Education Center, Concord University Beckley Campus, Beaver, West Virginia
Heh heh...
Also remove hundreds of other Jim Crow Democrat racists from history - - like Al Gore's father - Bill Clinton's mentor (William Fulbright) and all the other democrat racists.. George Wallace, Bull Conner, Fritz Hollings, etc etc etc.
Not just in cost of the actual work to do this either. They better review all of the grant funding documents for all of the projects that he funded with pork money before they start this massive public works project. It may violate their terms of the grants and then they would be required to refund the money back to the federal department where is was obtained from.
And any and all who voted for any bills he authored or co-signed, any and all who allowed the namings to take place, etc.
Then we’ll need to figure out how to punish all those who voted for him... the racist bastards!
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