1. I’m surprised it took them this long.
2. By Montgomery County standards, this is positively enlightened. I would have expected them to melt the statue down, erect one of an oppressed minority in its place, and issue a heartfelt apology for anyone and everyone who might have been offended at the previous statue’s former existence.
3. White’s Ferry is far more rural than Rockville, so the presence of the statue is less likely to offend delicate sensibilities.
I couldn’t agree more with all 3 of your points.
Many moons ago, I was doing some contract work in the area and worked with this Indian fellow (dot, not feathers). I like to explore on the weekends and made my way out to that ferry. Pretty area up there on both sides of the river.
So, I was telling my work buddy, Singh, about my weekend adventure and maybe it was somewhere he could take the wife and kids for a nice drive.
He said he won't drive out in the country anymore because that's where the Klan is. I asked him how he knew that?
Haha! He said he knew when he saw three crosses up on a hill beside the highway. I laughed and told him maybe yeah, he's better off sticking to the suburbs. SMDH, Heck, I probably did those nice country folks a favor by not cluing ol' Singh in... ;-)
MD should replace the confederate statue with one of Margaret Sanger- most dems would not see the iirony