Thanks for the link to the story behind the General Lee statue at Antietam. It was built on private land outside of the park, then the park bought the land.
We face a similar situation at Point Lookout Prison in Maryland where many Confederate soldiers where held and many died. The park there will not allow Confederate flags to be flown except on maybe two days a year. Folks then built a monument on private land next to the park.
We went to Point Lookout after visiting Antietam. My wife’s great grandfather died in the prison in 1864, but the official death rolls did not have a record of him. This was true of many Confederates who died there. My wife found a brick honoring her ancestor at the private monument. Some other descendants must have paid for the brick.
Really?!?
I’m shocked!
Since when?
We kept a cabin cruiser docked at Coles Point Marina back in the 70s and often putted over to Point Lookout.
[great water for catching foul-tempered, toothy, tasty Bluefish]
They had flags back then.
Hell, Coles Point was flying them everywhere, too.
What happened??
The park *still* doesn’t own the land on which Lee stands or it’d be gone in a Yankee heartbeat.
They only bought the farm across the road from it.
It’s full of Longhorns and Mulberry trees.
:)