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Posted on 04/25/2025 5:41:55 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
More than 2,000 Confederate symbols are still standing in public spaces across the U.S., according to a report released Thursday by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Of those symbols, 685 are Confederate monuments, the nonprofit legal advocacy group said. The remaining symbols are a mixture of government buildings, plaques, markers, schools, parks, counties, cities, military property, and streets and highways named after anyone associated with the Confederacy, the report said.
"As the Trump administration escalates its efforts to rewrite our history, we cannot let up in telling the whole, true story of our nation," Margaret Huang, president and CEO of SPLC, said in a statement.
The report also noted what it described as "setbacks" in the renaming of two public schools in Shenandoah County, Virginia, to Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School, honoring Confederate generals Stonewall Jackson, Turner Ashby and Robert E. Lee. A local teacher resigned over the restoration of the names, and some families are considering leaving as well.
"This might not be the community for us any longer," one parent told Southern Poverty Law Center researchers.
Also detailed were what researchers called victories to remove Confederate monuments — citing Arlington National Cemetery's removal in December 2023 of its Confederate memorial, overcoming a lawsuit that attempted to block it.
"We should not honor those who fought to continue slavery and tear apart our democracy," Huang said.
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It would be so much easier and quicker to raze the Southern Poverty Law Center than to destroy over 1,000 Confederate monuments. The Confederacy is an important part of our history, while the SPLC does nothing but spread fear and lies.
Remove statues, change names, denies history. Denying history only means it will be repeated. There’s a reason they keep Dachau open!
Were they the leftist front organization for Communism that even labeled a common Christan church as a “hate group”?
YES
History! The EU is full of history, good and bad. Go there and complain.
“Southern Poverty Law Center”
Rabid Leftist Hate America organization.
FYI, the author’s LinkedIn page makes interesting reading. Especially the inclusion of the Journalism Centre on Global Trafficking on it.
Atop a hill side at about mile marker 70 on Tennessee I 81 is a flagpole with an enormous Confederate flag. The old flag was recently replaced with a new and untattered one.
As one leaves Virginia on I 81 and arrives in Tennessee, the flag is one of the first things to come into view.
Confederate statues badm but jew hating violent mobs on school grounds attacking jews no big deal
hands off history
Excellent. It’s good to know that there is still some AMERICAN HISTORY that has not been destroyed by whineyassed illegal aliens who are “offended” by it. They can KMA.
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” – Albert Einstein
“In order to move forward, we must first understand where we’ve been.”
“The lessons from the past remind us of the mistakes we should avoid repeating.”
“Your history does not define you, but it can help guide you towards a better future.”
“The wisdom gained from your past can be the key to unlocking a brighter future.”
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History, as a discipline dedicated to studying the past, was far from objective in the Soviet Union. Rather, it was a heavily politicised instrument of propaganda, the sole purpose of which was to perpetuate the rule of the Soviet regime. The result, historian Anna Cichocka writes, was a web of lies on a mass scale.
https://communistcrimes.org/en/falsification-memory-history-tool-communist-propaganda
The racist Southern Poverty Lawless Center.
“we cannot let up in telling the whole, true story of our nation,”
So to tell this “whole, true story” you are going to delete it?
Down with the grifter SPLC.
So what? Contrary to popular belief, no one is recommending slavery. Lots of people struggled with what “side” to be on. The whole civil war was horrible and should have been settled without a war.
No reason to obliterate the sacrifices of the Confederacy.
“More than 2,000 Confederate symbols are still standing in public spaces across the U.S.”
Good!
At least the last name fits...
The usual projection.
Trump's not the one trying to erase the existence of the Confederacy from our history.
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