Posted on 07/10/2021 7:33:14 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
The city of Charlottesville, Virginia, officially removed its statues of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on Saturday.
Viewing areas for the removal of the statues were erected so that bystanders could watch cranes lift the statues from their plinth blocks; the process was nearly complete just before 9 a.m.
Photos and videos posted to social media show a crowd gathered to watch the process on Saturday morning.
Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker spoke at Saturday's gathering, calling the removal "one small step forward" in an effort to dismantle White supremacy, according to VPM reporter Ben Paviour.
Initial plans to remove the Lee statue came about in 2016, prompting White supremacists and other extremist groups to use the monument as a focal point for events such as the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally.
The statues will be held on Charlottesville property until they are sold, according to a Thursday press release from the city.
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In Boston, the city government voted to remove Abraham Lincoln’s statue. In Boston, of all places.
In Boston, the city government voted to remove Abraham Lincoln’s statue. In Boston, of all places.
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In that case they canned me all their five dollar bills.
Don’t even need to look given the major’s name.
Bunch of racists.
Erasing history is the strategy for all tyrants.
Peasants have to believe there was nothing good before Stalin, or before Mao. No trace of history to disprove that.
That’s the way yes.
There’s still people to verbally give an account and that’s important too.
Thanks, Nikki!
/never forget
The filthy bastards.
Savages!
In your face! Just like TV commercials.
They’ll strip UVA of Jefferson soon enough
Friggin' unbelievable.
But the southerners were largely Democrats!
Yes Stonewall Jackson and Nancy Pelosi
Same thing except the penis
I mean Glenn Beck and Mark Levin say so
Right
Hows throwing my ancestors under the bus working out?
Doesn’t look good from here honestly Jonah
Just leave Mosby HWY alone.
They’re just plain ignorant...
Plenty GOPe and neo conservatives and Freepers feel same as the Dems you mention
Quite a few...
This comes from the insane delusion oft parroted, that “the parties switched” at some magical yet undefined point in history.
I hear that all the time...but only from delusional Dems.
<< Yes Stonewall Jackson and Nancy Pelosi. Same thing except the penis >>
Heh. Yeah, seems there’s no shortage of that sentiment on the “right.”
Man, that was a close call. Now we can all sit back and relax and be thankful the city fathers have saved America. Stalin made all kinds of people non-persons and it really helped out the suffering Russian people. They were always grateful.
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