Well, to be fair McClellan wasn’t a very good general. Yes, he won the Battle of Antietam. But it was a meat grinder, a bloody mess. And he failed to pursue Lee’s retreating army.
Anyway, here’s what really bothers me: “Daisy Bates Academy of Social Justice, formerly Caldwell Academy of Math & Science…”
Going from a math and science academy to one for social justice.
Those poor kids will be indoctrinated just like the Hitler Youth was.
The former Caldwell Academy for Math and Science was named for a Chicago physician who was the head of the Chicago Medical Society. Now, it is renamed for one of the students who integrated a public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
“Those poor kids will be indoctrinated just like the Hitler Youth was.”
At least the Hitler youths were taught to love their country.
The disrespect for McClellan also applied to another Union military hero.
It has been long decades since Chicago closed a public high school named after Ulysses S. Grant. It once operated as a military academy. I believe its closure was dictated by changes to the neighborhood, low enrollment, and newer school buildings being constructed nearby.
Grant was once exceptionally popular in Illinois where he resided immediately before and after the Civil War.