Museum of the Confederacy Considering Name Change

The Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | 20 February 2006 | Janet Caggiano

[Rebeleye]

The Museum of the Confederacy will likely drop the word "Confederacy" from its name when it moves its collection to a new home.

[cyclotic]

As a Yankee, I think "Museum of the Rebellion" has a nice twist.

Just kidding. It's sad that these PC loonies want to erase our proud if somewhat flawed history.

[WKB]

How about???? The Museum formerly known as the
"Museum of the Confederacy"

[Cannoneer No. 4]

the word "Confederacy" carries "enormous, intransigent and negative intellectual baggage with many. For them, the Confederacy, and by association the Museum of the Confederacy, now symbolize racism."

Someday, the words "Republican" and "patriot" will carry similar negative intellectual baggage.

[Fairview]

It's terribly unfortunate that this is being relocated at all. It's a great small museum, new and attractive, and I've enjoyed every visit there. It's so appropriately placed next to the White House, too. I understand the desire to move it, hemmed in as it is with all those taller buildings, but it's a shame because I absolutely knew that when it's moved this would happen.

This is the same crowd who want to bulldoze the statues on Monument Avenue (except for the statue of Arthur Ashe, of course).

[popdonnelly]

You have to be sensitive to the need to rewrite history.

[sonic109]

Should be called " The Rainbow Museum of Southern Diversity and Rotten White People" Dems will love it .

[MBB1984]

Waite Rawls should be fired immediately. Who owns the museum anyway? The idea of moving and changing the name is absurd.

[linda_22003]

The decor seems outrageous - especially the color choices - until you remember that these rooms were seen in dimmer gaslight, not the bright electric light we have today. Then it makes a little more sense.

[sgtbono2002]

How about

"The Museum of the Politically Correct War for Affirmative Action."

[ishabibble]

>>>the word "Confederacy" carries "enormous, intransigent and negative intellectual baggage with many. For them, the Confederacy, and by association the Museum of the Confederacy, now symbolize racism."<<<

EXACTLY who is "many"? How "many"? When did the "many" get together and decide to re-write history, AGAIN?
Happy National Race Pimps Month to everybody, even the white people!

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

In related news, "The Ugly American" will be republished as "The Ugly"

[massgopguy]

The Civil War Museum of The Side That Lost.

[kalee]

ping

[miss marmelstein]

I spent my honeymoon at a b&b in Richmond (after all, Virginia is for lovers!)and we had the most wonderful time -including the Museum of the Confederacy. And we had dinner at Travellers - the steak house that was the Richmond home of Robert E. Lee!

Do you think they will eventually take the statues down from Monument Avenue?

[Tax-chick]

Oh, that's a very good point. I hadn't thought of that at all.

Iirc, though, it was somewhat outrageous by the standards of the time, too. I remember the tour guide saying that the museum was able to restore the house to its condition at the time of the Davises' residence because other Richmond residents had left specific descriptions of the interior.

I could imagine the ladies writing in their diaries or letters, "Can you believe the drapes that backwoods female has put up? Really, honey!"

[linda_22003]

The reason I mentioned it is because the guide to the "White House" mentioned it himself in his talk, when someone exclaimed at the harshness of the carpet (pink ribbons on a brown background).

[linda_22003]

I wonder if "Travellers" is a good name for a steakhouse, conjuring up, as it does, memories of the General's horse....

[Tax-chick]

It's worth mentioning. We do see things in a much brighter light these days, for better or worse. I suppose ladies who only came out in dim light didn't need cosmetics as much, either :-).

[ishabibble]

I'm originally from RI, and I have lived in the South for a long time. The people there are entitled to keep their history and honour it. This is just some weak-kneed academics caving into a form letter from the NAACP or perhaps, The Racket of Revs. themselves.

And just in case you think it can't happen north of the Mason-Dixon Line, here you go!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1786921/posts

[george76]

maybe hillary can design a new flag too ?

/s