Posted on 08/28/2017 12:57:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Yes, in my small town we do this kind of thing too. I'm in a northern state, but some of the early founding families did have slaves.
This fact isn't mentioned in any of our local histories, so I was thinking of writing some contributory information on the topic for our tours, on placards for our historic sites, etc.
However with the current outburst of fashionable "outrage," I think it might be better to keep this part of our local history quiet ... at least until the current zeal to destroy has blown over.
For those of us a bit befuddled by the liberal media and liberal groups to “clean up” or “modify” existing war monuments around the country in an effort at politically correctness, My cousin, a former Nam chopper pilot, passed along this interesting bit of history that NOW I remember from American History in High School.
The CONGRESS in 1957 made ALL VETERANS on BOTH SIDES equal American Veterans with the respect and consideration due same no matter if they fought for the North or the South.
Thus any attempt to remove or modify or otherwise denigrate an existing war monument featuring a Southern Soldier or leader could indeed be considered an act of desecration against a monument honoring an American Soldier. So would the same act against a statue of President Lincoln or General Grant. We are ALL Americans indeed.
Quick. Which one of them owned slaves?
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Both of whom fought bravely for what they believed in.
It’s all you can ask of any man.
A good read from the honest hand of a dying man. Inspired by Mark Twain to write, Grant had admiration for the Confederate soldier.
A good read, when you get the time.
You can look it up.
Then you have nothing. It’s a false statement!
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