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To: Sherman Logan
I mean if someone tried to do it today, as the article was describing.

The article was a bit rambling, not well written - probably only proofread once or twice, but do I understand this correctly: A group tried to get a Confederate monument erected and now it looks like they'll erect a Union monument?

29 posted on 01/24/2014 8:57:53 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: jeffc
but do I understand this correctly: A group tried to get a Confederate monument erected and now it looks like they'll erect a Union monument?

No. The Olustee battlefield park, which is run by the state of Florida, has three monuments to Confederate soldiers on the grounds. The Sons of Union Veterans wants to place a monument to Union soldiers and the Sons of Confederate Veterans is opposed to it being placed in the same area as the Confederate monuments.

41 posted on 01/24/2014 9:42:41 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: jeffc

There are presently at least a couple of monuments at Olustee for the Confederates. I’ve seen them. Looks like they’ve been there quite a while.

From what I can tell, a different group has applied for permission to erect a similar monument to the Union soldiers who fought and died there. Which is being resisted by, IMO, idiot Floridians, some of them apparently politicians.


54 posted on 01/24/2014 10:36:44 AM PST by Sherman Logan
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