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Statue vandals seem to have mistaken WWII hero for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee
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Posted on 02/22/2019 9:24:08 AM PST by SJackson
Statue vandals seem to have mistaken WWII hero for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, museum officials say
Vandals in North Carolina may be in need of a history lesson after having set fire to a statue honoring a World War II hero they apparently mistook for a Confederate general, officials said earlier this week.
A white marble monument of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William C. Lee, who commanded the 101st Airborne Division's "Screaming Eagles" during World War II, was doused with flammable liquid and set on fire last week, museum officials said. The statue bears black scorch marks running up its left side.
The suspects seem to have confused Lee with Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate army during the Civil War some 80 years earlier, officials said.
I was surprised that anybody would do that to this museum statue, Mark Johnson, curator of the General William C. Lee Airborne Museum in Dunn, told Goldsboro's WNCN-TV. This is not a Civil War museum and this is not Robert E. Lee.
Aside from their last name, the two Lees have nothing in common, according to Johnson. The former Lee was known as the father of the U.S. Airborne Army and an international war hero of World War II, he told the station.
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To: SJackson
Ignorant AND violent ... must be aunty-fae.
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posted on
02/22/2019 10:28:16 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: SJackson
>> Aside from their last name, the two Lees have nothing in common, <<
Well, they WERE both generals. Could be more stupid: SJW idiots at ESPN reassigned sportscaster Robert Lee.
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posted on
02/22/2019 10:29:05 AM PST
by
dangus
("The floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops" -- St. Athanasius)
To: BraveMan
General Lee, aka Admiral Yi Sun-shin. I'm not sure why they call him General Lee, but they do. Even Google which makes it official.
General Lee Korea
Admiral Yi Sun-Shin (Hunminjeongeum: 이순신; Hanja: 李舜臣; April 28, 1545 December 16, 1598) was a Korean naval commander famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon Dynasty, who became an exemplar of conduct for both the Koreans and Japanese.
Died:
16 December 1598 (aged 53); Namhae Island, Joseon Korea
Born:
28 April 1545; Hanseong, Joseon Korea
Yi Sun-sin - WikipediaWikipedia
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posted on
02/22/2019 10:30:10 AM PST
by
SJackson
(The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself)
To: GOP Congress
Sheila Jackson Lee? Talk about a 2-fer!!Never thought of that. What was with her parents, didn't know any African names?
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posted on
02/22/2019 10:31:34 AM PST
by
SJackson
(The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself)
To: SMARTY
Guy on radio reminded me history not required in college unless it’s your major. Last time most peeps took history was 10th or 11th grade.
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posted on
02/22/2019 10:32:06 AM PST
by
gcparent
(Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
To: SJackson
Bruce Lee statue.
46
posted on
02/22/2019 10:32:19 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: oh8eleven
Didn't read it, didya.
A white marble monument...was doused with flammable liquid and set on fire...[leaving] black scorch marks running up its left side.
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posted on
02/22/2019 10:37:16 AM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
02/22/2019 10:37:31 AM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: SJackson
They are just that sharp.
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posted on
02/22/2019 10:43:18 AM PST
by
jimfree
(My18 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
To: SJackson
These radicals hate real Nazi fighters.
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posted on
02/22/2019 10:44:54 AM PST
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: SJackson
“The suspects seem to have confused Lee with Gen. Robert E. Lee”
And this is assumed....why?
To: SJackson
They need a history lesson?...they need glasses!
To: SJackson
Doesn’t matter to the snowflakes. I’m sure this Lee was oppressing the Japanese, Germans, Italians, anyone who wasn’t a White American.
Therefore, any memorial for him must be destroyed and his memory erased from the SJW studies that have replaced the history classes.
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posted on
02/22/2019 10:49:12 AM PST
by
ssaftler
(Beam me up, Scotty! There's no intelligent life left in this country!)
To: SJackson
It’s totally logical.
To a liberal, HISTORY began at breakfast this morning.
SO ONE LEE IS THE SAME AS ANOTHER..................
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posted on
02/22/2019 10:50:01 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: ssaftler
I’m even starting to hear the SJWs defend the Japanese, since they were fighting against Western Imperialism and just wanted Asia to be for the Asians.
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posted on
02/22/2019 10:51:47 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: SJackson
Horses fart and that labour is against their freedom. You have to break a horse to train it...
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posted on
02/22/2019 11:03:48 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: omega4412
How DOES Shiela Jackson-Lee get elected with that name?
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posted on
02/22/2019 11:04:43 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: dfwgator
What war did he fought in?
To: ExGeeEye
was doused with flammable liquid
The flammable liquid was set on fire, not the MARBLE statue.
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posted on
02/22/2019 11:14:27 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Red Badger
Exactly. Though that means there was no slavery.
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posted on
02/22/2019 11:33:50 AM PST
by
SJackson
(The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself)
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