Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs bill protecting Confederate monuments, other memorials

The Chattanooga Times Free Press ^ | April 26, 2019 | Tyler Jett

[Trump20162020]

CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — Next door to a plantation built by slaves, Gov. Brian Kemp defended Georgia's Confederate monuments as educational resources while he signed a bill to further protect them Friday.

"It is true that there are monuments in our history that do not reflect our values," he said, during a ceremony in front of Gordon Lee High School. "We cannot erase them from our history. We must learn from them. These monuments and markers remind us of how far we've come not only as a state but as a country."

Sponsored this year by state Sen. Jeff Mullis, the legislation allows local governments to sue vandals who deface monuments for up to three times the value of the damages. To the displeasure of some Democrats, the law also bans moving monuments from a prominent location to a museum.

[libstripper]

[B]lasted off the mountain,” just what her soul brothers, the Taliban like to do with others’ monuments.

[FLvoter]

That fat black woman would have been crushing them left and right.

[Guenevere]

Agree!
This is my neck of the woods...
....Chickamauga Battlefield Memorial is our history.....
....I’m so thankful to have a courageous Governor defending this history.

The whole of Chattanooga was a big battlefield........growing up I took it all for granted, never thinking some would try to erase history!

A relative lived on the east side of Chattanooga and all I heard growing up was about Billygoat Hill where blood streamed down the sides

From Missionary Ridge to Lookout Mountain War was raged......cannons now mark the spot!

[FLT-bird]

Excellent!

I am heartened that despite pouring in vast millions to get hardcore Leftists elected governor in both Florida and Georgia, socialist billionaires Steyer, Soros and Bloomberg FAILED. They outspent Republicans massively and still FAILED.

[FLT-bird]

My Great Great Grandfather fought there as did several of my Great Great Uncles. One of them made the ultimate sacrifice there. We need to make sure Leftist PC Revisionists do not get to erase real history and impose their own fairy tale version of history.

[max americana]

Yup. Bit the bullet on that one..that ugly midget would have done far worse in less time.

[ConservaTeen]

Great job, Governor Kemp. Monuments are part of history. Just because, X was on the wrong side of history, was he Y or Z? Who knows, because at the time his views might be the opinion and if he was alive today, he might have a different view! We can’t rewrite history!!

[frog in a pot]

....... only for those with an education.

Well, the white 20's something news reporter claims to have graduated from U of Florida (some would say for that he gets a pass, but I don't have a dog in that fight). {;^]

His first phrase suggests he thinks it necessary to remind readers that over 200 years ago there were slaves in the U.S.

Wonder how he feels about today's slave traders?

[ExTexasRedhead]

Push back time has arrived!! The Deplorables need to consider this a war to protect our Donald, protect our Constitution, protect our freedom, and restore our history that is under assault by the Socialist Left.

[Midwesterner53]

Well done Governor, my vote for you was a great pleasure as will my next vote for you. Thank you!

[Guenevere]

Bless you!

[Conan the Librarian]

It’s not wrong to say Chickamauga was the biggest win in the West for the Rebs. They had just a few major victories, and, Bragg was in charge for at least two (Perryville and Chickamauga).

All Thomas’ stand did was keep our army from being totally destroyed by the Rebs.

Once Longstreet hit the hole that our Gen. Wood left in the line, our army ran..RAN.. back to Chattanooga, Gen Rosecrans in the lead. He told Thomas to hold, and, he did, but, his Corps was shred, scattered and running also.

The only thing that saved our army from ending up in the Tennessee River all together was that Polk and Bragg were totally useless as battle commanders.

Yeh, we got our butts handed to us at Chickamauga.

[Rastus]

The first draft probably read, “Having forgotten to put on his white sheet for the occasion, Gov. Brian Kemp defended Georgia’s Confederate monuments as educational resources while he signed a bill to further protect them Friday.“

[tet68]

Go Kemp!
We must fight the revisionist socialists at every step.

They want to control the present and future
by controlling the past. Not going to happen.

[newzjunkey]

"These monuments and markers remind us of how far we've come not only as a state but as a country."

Common sense! Thank you governor Kemp

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Common thread it seems

[SunkenCiv]

"It is true that there are monuments in our history that do not reflect our values," he said, during a ceremony in front of Gordon Lee High School. "We cannot erase them from our history. We must learn from them. These monuments and markers remind us of how far we've come not only as a state but as a country." Sponsored this year by state Sen. Jeff Mullis, the legislation allows local governments to sue vandals who deface monuments for up to three times the value of the damages. To the displeasure of some Democrats, the law also bans moving monuments from a prominent location to a museum.

Let's make this the weekly digest ping as well, despite being a modern history topic.

[lizma2]

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

I suspect if we lived back then, we would have a different view then we do now.

Was it really the war on northern aggression? Was slavery the reason? Was it to defend states right from the feds?

From what I recall the Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the southern states.

Bottom line, we moved past it... until now.

[lastchance]

Probably thinks they only exist because of President Trump.

[colorado tanker]

If you read the writings and speeches of the fire eaters who controlled the legislatures, it was all about slavery.

I think, however, it was more complicated for the ordinary Confederate soldier, few of whom owned slaves.