Posted on 07/20/2019 7:59:59 AM PDT by rktman
Thomas Jefferson's birthday in mid-April is currently recognized as a city holiday in Charlottesville, VA. But if it was up to Mayor Nikuyah Walker, she'd change it to “Liberation and Freedom Day.” The alternative holiday, which she proposed at a city council meeting last month, would instead celebrate the emancipation of slaves in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Walker is one of several people advocating for the change because it's well known that Jefferson, the third president of the United States and drafter of the Constitution, was also a slave owner.
Some citizens are up in arms over her suggestion, accusing her of trying to sanitize history. But she has no clue why because, as she explained in a recent message, Jefferson is still celebrating his birthday "in hell." She
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My Three Dollar Bills have Bill on them ... are they still valid?
Yep. "Yo! Martin King? Was this your big dream?"
“All this ...is not going to end peacefully..”
Difficult, if not impossible, to see how it could. Sorry to say it.
I wonder if any of her ancestors were slave owners or otherwise part of the slave trade. It seems many of these Blacks and liberals condemning the Confederates and founding fathers have a great deal in common with them.
How can anyone say with a straight face that leftists dont hate America?
This one has much racial hatred in her heart.
5.56mm
C’ville is the City of Hate
Well Nikuyah, love America or leave it.
I don’t blame Dr. King. I blame those who only use what he stood for to further their political goals. The cause of all this can be traced to the corrupt one party rule in these urban areas. They have no incentive to run a effective city government.
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