Posted on 09/04/2020 7:11:02 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
A Virginia city has officially renamed the cemetery where Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson is buried.
The city council in Lexington voted unanimously Thursday to adopt a law changing the name of Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery to Oak Grove Cemetery, news outlets reported.
The Civil War general, who owned slaves and fought to defend the practice, was buried in the cemetery more than 150 years ago.
Officials faced calls from community members in June to change the name and remove all other monuments and places honoring Confederate figures within city limits, as communities around the world faced similar demands to address racist legacies during demonstrations against racial injustice.
The council voted unanimously in July to change the name and moved forward with the change even after receiving hundreds of comments demanding the decision be reversed, The Roanoke Times said.
Councilman Chuck Smith said the effect on tourism would likely be negligible" and added that supporting the racist legacy of Jackson would be "unacceptable and indefensible.
Visitors interested in Jackson dont come for the sign, they come for the man, he said. Jackson owned slaves and fought for slavery
Memorializing Jackson in a Lexington city cemetery announces to everyone that the city and its residents support Jackson and what he stood and fought for.
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I keep thinking why is Stonewall Jackson buried in Nevada?
“There stands Jackson like a stone wall!”
Well, at least they didn’t rename it Trayvon Martin Memorial Cemetary or some such.
Went there a few times as a child.
“The Civil War general, who owned slaves and fought to defend the practice, was buried in the cemetery more than 150 years ago.”
The same could be said of General Grant. He owned a slave.
Further, General Grant took an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution which enshrined slavery.
I have a son possibly attending VMI next fall as a rat
Should be interesting to see how woke it is.
This article is so full of lies and so disturbing. Read his personal journals. So many things in Virginia are named after General Jackson - and not because of slavery but because of his amazing accomplishments-
Including winning the Mexican war for the US. I am sad. I know many hate all the confederates. You can not judge the past by the present.
The wrong side ‘won’ in 1865
Can we have another shot?
I was born in Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital in Lexington, VA. I hear the hospital is no longer there. My dad attended law school at Washinton and Lee University at the time. He’s stopped sending in alumni contributions since they’ve become all politically correct. It’s sad to me with all their history, they choose to erase it. Beyond disturbing that the people are not only allowing it, but actually supporting it.
???
Saying your son is a Dem?
Thank You Nikki Haley...../s
> This may come sooner than you think. <
I certainly agree with that. No one has the courage to say no to these fascists. So their demands get more and more extreme. And thats only natural when you think about it.
Its like with a boss who gives in to every last wage increase request. Pretty soon his employees will be asking for $1000 an hour.
> You can not judge the past by the present. <
Exactly! It would be like calling Isaac Newton a terrible scientist because he knew nothing about splitting the atom.
We’re not all liberals up here.
The Family of DEMONcRAT Vice Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris owned Slaves. Lets rename her.
Instantly black IQ scores jump 15 points or more, and their crime rate drops like a rock, and everything is wonderful.
I respect your post but you and other Southerners have to stop Manning up. You guys showed no fight when any statue was taken down. Not a peep. A lot of talk of guns and the history of fighters in their families on this board but when push came to shove nobody showed up for the fight.
I thought pointing fingers was what Democrats do. Yes there was an enemy. Northern liberals. No you did not show up at all to fight them.
So you lost. Yes it’s that simple.
This name change did not have to happen if some fight was shown
This has got to end somehow. I want these people to suffer a massive embarrassing loss of historic proportions in November - something so historic that all one would need to say to them is 2020 and that will shut them up. Nothing shuts these people up.
They constantly come at you, like a foaming mad dog that won't stop. They don't give up, constantly barking commands and orders. I want a massive House loss for the dems - the losses so deep, they are stunned silent.
Wasn’t the Confederacy composed of southern Democrats?
Interesting, the Seattle times can publish this story but today their black woman police chief quit because of the lack of support. I couldn’t find the story on their website. Maybe she was yesterday’s news
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