Posted on 09/07/2021 6:14:06 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
RICHMOND, Va. — A towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, is set to come down on Wednesday, more than 130 years after it was built as a tribute to a Civil War hero who is now widely seen as a symbol of racial injustice, state officials said Monday.
“Virginia’s largest monument to the Confederate insurrection will come down this week,” Gov. Ralph Northam said in news release on Monday. “This is an important step in showing who we are and what we value as a commonwealth.”
The imposing, 21-foot (6.4-meter) tall bronze likeness of Lee on a horse sits atop a granite pedestal nearly twice that high in the grassy center of a traffic circle on Richmond’s famed Monument Avenue.
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He was an American soldier before the Civil War. And an American citizen afterwards. How dare they.
This angers me. Virginia is special to me. The battlefields and soldiers are a very big part of its history. Taking down its monuments is revision of its history.
Whatever monuments are taken down should be replaced and those responsible held accountable.
If Robert E. Lee is somehow a symbol of white supremacy, then so are George Washington and Thomas Jefferson who are memorialized by many of America’s most notable landmarks.
This revision of history is an opening to taking down the United States.
What’s to replace America’s history? A memorial to General Mark Milley?
Milley Vanilly
Elections have consequences.
This is disgusting and pathetic. History isn’t good or bad, it just IS. Certainly bad things happened, sometimes because bad ideas motivated people to do them - but how are we supposed to learn about the sometimes brutal history of our nation and species (with the goal of avoiding a repeat of those events) if the authorities are telling people to be triggered every time they read some document or book?
FWIW, I'm only aware of one ancestor who fought in the Civil War, for the Union side, Nevada Cavalry.
Who would be left?~!
A great American... what a travesty... what a disgrace...
Years ago, I got to see Monument Avenue. It was stunning with the beautiful homes, stately trees and impressive statues.
This is a sad day - not just because the last statue is coming down but because political correctness has won again.
Hopefully hot blondes 18-25 and then I will move there…
:)
Shame on Virginia.
He was a better man than any of you.
Soldiers! Let us humble ourselves before the Lord, our God, asking through Christ, the forgiveness of our sins, beseeching the aid of the God of our forefathers in the defense of our homes and our liberties, thanking Him for His past blessings, and imploring their continuance upon our cause and our people.”
“Knowing that intercessory prayer is our mightiest weapon and the supreme call for all Christians today, I pleadingly urge our people everywhere to pray. Believing that prayer is the greatest contribution that our people can make in this critical hour, I humbly urge that we take time to pray - to really pray.”
“Let there be prayer at sunup, at noonday, at sundown, at midnight - all through the day. Let us pray for our children, our youth, our aged, our pastors, our homes. Let us pray for the churches.”
“Let us pray for ourselves, that we may not lose the word ‘concern’ out of our Christian vocabulary. Let us pray for our nation. Let us pray for those who have never known Jesus Christ and His redeeming love, for moral forces everywhere, for our national leaders. Let prayer be our passion. Let prayer be our practice.”
General Robert E Lee, 1863
So is Martin Luther King. We need to take all his statues down. He was a slave owner, too!
(See? I can lie just as well as any leftist.)
They should replace the statute with one of Clinton and Monica.
Robert E. Lee was, indeed, a man of honor and one of America’s greatest heroes.
They should replace the statute with one of Clinton and Monica.
This is an important step in showing who we are.
Anyone notice how the so called anti slave clan remove statues of pro slavery it appears that a new type of it is about to start?.
Socialism + Marxism = Owned
Bernie Sanders winks
Blacks have been the slaves of the Democrat party for decades. They keep them down on the plantation for their votes. Very simple.
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