This is so sad. The Civil War was a bloodbath for both sides. Young men on both sides made tremendous sacrifices for their homes and homeland. Let’s stop this racial peeing contest and honor vets — all vets— and the great republic we love.
Put the statue back where it belongs.
You think this is a travesty?
The Antietam National Battlefield won’t even allow any monuments to Robert E Lee and all the new roadside plaques detailing what battles/actions/events occurred at any given spot now all refer to the Confederates as “The Enemy”.
There are also signs up everywhere begging for donations to keep the park open.
As if I’d ever drop a dime in their bucket.
During Robert E lee’s last years he was living at Washington College in Virginia. Maimed and crippled soldiers from both sides of the civil war would seek him out and ask for money or food. He always gave them something saying he was taking cars of “one of our boys.”