I’ve been there many times, and it is a beautiful, laid back city. You are dead-on, the city is a piece of living history. If only the damn college kids would quit grab-assing under the pier when I’m over on Anastasia Island, surf-fishing. *chuckle*
They are missing the point of the Confederate statues
They are about reconciliation and coming together under one flag, one nation, as one people.
With Malice Toward None and Charity(Love) for All
These men fought each other over ideas and once it was over walked across battlefields to shake each others hands and hug it out.
They then worked toward making a better America together
“A more perfect union “
Very small and petty people with a certain conceit that enables them to shade the history of what went on and why each side venerated each other.