Posted on 12/22/2020 7:29:00 AM PST by devane617
When Barbara Johns was just 16 years old, she led a walkout at her high school to protest poor and unequal school conditions. The moment is one that many historians believe helped launch the desegregation movement in the US. Now, Johns -- who died in 1991 -- will be memorialized at the US Capitol, replacing Virginia's statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
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Washington owned slaves, they better change the name to Mandela D.I. (District Indigenous)
The Virginians have been nuts for two decades or more.
Wilmington, Trenton, Camden, Philly, Chester, Baltimore...all the same Mid-Atlantic dumps.
Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a FEDERAL, and not a NATIONAL constitution. James Madison
It seriously was the best day of school.
same dynamic... asserting control over others. Lincoln was a big fan of Marx as well.
You support the wrong team.
The progressive hero. Give us more money or we will hurt ourselves!
Not every American agrees with you. See below. Please expand on why you believe General Eisenhower supported a traitor.
Dear Dr. Scott:
Respecting your August 1 inquiry calling attention to my often expressed admiration for General Robert E. Lee, I would say, first, that we need to understand that at the time of the War between the States the issue of secession had remained unresolved for more than 70 years. Men of probity, character, public standing and unquestioned loyalty, both North and South, had disagreed over this issue as a matter of principle from the day our Constitution was adopted.
General Robert E. Lee was, in my estimation, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause which until 1865 was still an arguable question in America; he was a poised and inspiring leader, true to the high trust reposed in him by millions of his fellow citizens; he was thoughtful yet demanding of his officers and men, forbearing with captured enemies but ingenious, unrelenting and personally courageous in battle, and never disheartened by a reverse or obstacle. Through all his many trials, he remained selfless almost to a fault and unfailing in his faith in God. Taken altogether, he was noble as a leader and as a man, and unsullied as I read the pages of our history.
From deep conviction, I simply say this: a nation of men of Lee's calibre would be unconquerable in spirit and soul. Indeed, to the degree that present-day American youth will strive to emulate his rare qualities, including his devotion to this land as revealed in his painstaking efforts to help heal the Nation's wounds once the bitter struggle was over, we, in our own time of danger in a divided world, will be strengthened and our love of freedom sustained.
Such are the reasons that I proudly display the picture of this great American on my office wall.
Sincerely,
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Actually we should all be thankful that Lee was a very good man. His “goodness” contributed greatly to the Union victory. Lee’s biggest flaw was his tendency to overlook and forgive the flaws of his subordinates. He was not ruthless enough to fight a modern war. Until Grant came along, neither were the Union commanders.
Not every American agrees with you. See below. Please expand on why you believe General Eisenhower supported a traitor.
Dear Dr. Scott:
Respecting your August 1 inquiry calling attention to my often expressed admiration for General Robert E. Lee, I would say, first, that we need to understand that at the time of the War between the States the issue of secession had remained unresolved for more than 70 years. Men of probity, character, public standing and unquestioned loyalty, both North and South, had disagreed over this issue as a matter of principle from the day our Constitution was adopted.
General Robert E. Lee was, in my estimation, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause which until 1865 was still an arguable question in America; he was a poised and inspiring leader, true to the high trust reposed in him by millions of his fellow citizens; he was thoughtful yet demanding of his officers and men, forbearing with captured enemies but ingenious, unrelenting and personally courageous in battle, and never disheartened by a reverse or obstacle. Through all his many trials, he remained selfless almost to a fault and unfailing in his faith in God. Taken altogether, he was noble as a leader and as a man, and unsullied as I read the pages of our history.
From deep conviction, I simply say this: a nation of men of Lee's calibre would be unconquerable in spirit and soul. Indeed, to the degree that present-day American youth will strive to emulate his rare qualities, including his devotion to this land as revealed in his painstaking efforts to help heal the Nation's wounds once the bitter struggle was over, we, in our own time of danger in a divided world, will be strengthened and our love of freedom sustained.
Such are the reasons that I proudly display the picture of this great American on my office wall.
Sincerely,
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cool. It can be brought down with chains and a 4X4 at 2AM, and unceremoniously chucked in the river.
Because he repented.
I posted Lee’s own words.
Not a parallel universe, the Earth being arranged for the rise of antichrist. If someone has not availed of the ABCs of salvation, do it now. The sudden departure of all in the Body of Christ is close at hand ... and you can tell because of the blatant rise in lawlessness.
That was his opinion of the time
No, it is called being politically correct. It is not the act of removing and replacing it with an unknown, it is the reason for doing it that is the issue. In addition, it is what communists do, remove a country’s history and weaken the country identity and thereby the country. The history, good or bad, is still the history. So, you are welcome to your no problem with it, but I do have a problem with it.
> Why not someone with guts like Harriet Tubman or Robert Smalls? <
Excellent suggestions. I knew about Tubman. But I had never heard of Robert Smalls. So I looked him up. He was a remarkable man. During the Civil War he actually stole a Confederate gunboat and sailed it to the North.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls
But Smalls was also a registered Republican. That makes him an unperson in a Blue state like today’s Virginia.
“Read her wiki page — not much to speak about and with 400 plus years of history as a colony and state, this is best person they could select to represent Virginia at the US Rotunda?”
That governor in Virginia has a shameful past. The selection of this black woman, no doubt a good lady, is a sop by the governor to some of those he has offended.
Democrats had an agenda, and a plan, to destroy this country. The GOP sat on their hands, for decades, and did nothing. It was watching a slow train wreck, Republicans didn’t react.
How do you get your 4x4 in the US Capitol bldg?
Just wondering?
Tear it down. Why not?
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