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To: HandyDandy

I always thought erecting a statue was generally a waste of time. Not a political comment—just the fact that 50 years later no one remembers the person, and no one cares.

Generic monuments to war dead with names seem to be a better way for people to “remember.”

Statues that no one cared about, except the pigeons and the people that ate lunch there, are causing all this uproar. It’s just silly.

The only thing that bothers me is the pure art of the sculpted figure is being destroyed.

And...no one should just tear stuff down without the proper steps being taken. But replacing them? Not on my dime.


18 posted on 06/30/2020 3:15:11 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt
Generic monuments to war dead with names seem to be a better way for people to “remember.”

There were 40,000 war dead from North Carolina commemorated by an obelisk in front of the state capitol building wherein politicians decided to secede and wherein politicians decided to press war and wherein politicians decided to call up the young men of the state to fight.

The politicians and capitol building are still there, but the monument to the dead has been removed, illegally.

20 posted on 06/30/2020 3:20:31 PM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: Vermont Lt

Most of the civil war statues that you see in all of these little towns were put up close to the turn of the century, 30-
40-50 years after the war.

It makes sense when you think that these weren’t put up by the civil war veterans, but instead, by their children. The guys coming back from that war weren’t really interested on a lot of commemoration of that bloody nightmare.


28 posted on 06/30/2020 3:59:35 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: Vermont Lt

Statues are the highest form of art. They display our intelligence. They are a sign of a lasting civilization. A reminder of what trials our forefathers went thru to build this imperfect nation. And, much like Historic Register homes, a reflection of what we looked like at given times in history.

They are community. A sense of belonging that can never be filled with flat art of a gallery. Or grainy photographs that can’t be touched. Knowing that thousands of hands just like yours over a hundred years have touched the same smooth sculpture, the intricate carvings and castings. Photographed and painted a thousand times in attempts to capture the essence that can only really be felt in person.

They are our living history as much as Stonehenge or Easter Island or the ‘mounds’ of Iowa and Ohio. Of course we wouldn’t destroy such ancient treasures, but are they any more important than more modest modern tributes to civilization? Or are they equally important? The maturity of thought that a statue reflects could never be replicated in a generic monolith of names that be struck off willy nilly as the latest moralist trend arises. It’s a lesson we once knew.


35 posted on 06/30/2020 6:12:40 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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To: Vermont Lt

“Generic monuments to war dead with names seem to be a better way for people to “remember.” “

Good point.

Do we need to go and tear down all these people’s grave stones too? Don’t give them any ideas.


36 posted on 06/30/2020 6:21:54 PM PDT by NorthWoody (A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. - Theodore Roosevelt)
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