what has happened to Virginians?? Have they completely lost it??
These are not Virginians. They are carpet baggers from DC and points North, or their rotten kids. Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea explored the West and worked together. Can’t have that.
Several years ago, before all this woke shit, my wife and I visited our daughter’s family in the suburbs of Richmond, VA (Capitol of the Confederacy).
Among other local sites, they took us on a day trip to a Civil War Memorial (I forget the exact name).
I was thrilled because although I grew up in Pennsylvania, my maternal great grandfather was from Georgia and fought for the South, and I’ve always wanted to see some of the historic sites and remembrances from a Southern perspective.
Boy was I in for a disappointment!
We arrived at the park, and walked along some beautiful creeks, looked at some preserved building structures, and read the signage describing their significance.
It slowly dawned on me that this was no Confederate memorial… it was a memorial of a POW camp where Union prisoners of war were held captive by the evil Confederates.
I should have known that the kind of memorial I had hoped to see simply did not exist.
My sweet daughter was oblivious to the sense of betrayal I was feeling - and that’s the way I kept it.
I don’t think it is possible for her generation to understand that following the War between the States there was a tradition of mutual respect between the two sides.
At our local graveyard in PA, the two or three Confederate veterans who had moved north after the war and who were buried there (including my great grandfather) were paid equal respect all during my childhood (1952-1970), and were encouraged to display their symbols and flags.
I never heard a divisive or derogatory word - not once. My great grandfather is still considered a “founding father” of the town due to his various charities and contributions - his Confederacy was a non-issue - nobody gave it a second thought.
I remember the local women’s group would even place small Confederate flags on the Confederate graves each Memorial Day. I am told that when they were alive, these Confederate veterans who lived in my Pennsylvania town proudly marched in the Fourth of July and Memorial Day parades, in full dress Confederate uniforms, alongside all the Union veterans.
It wasn’t until last year that I was shocked to learn that some symbols were being removed from the grave sites in our town because they were now considered offensive by this new breed of woke ass-holes.
My question is; if the veterans of the two sides could respect their differences, and even honor each other’s patriotism after the war, who are we to come along 160 years later and take offense?
It is disgusting.
The GOP is lead by Northern VA GOP establishment hacks. The VA Governors race has as our RINO picked candidate, Youngkin, who won’t even acknowledge he is even a Republican or even talk about MAGA on his TV ads.
No, we’re pissed about this, we have been invaded, this is people from elsewhere doing this.
I’ll wager a Clark candy bar that the protestors and council members that voted for the removal are NOT native Virginians. Most likely they are socialists who’ve infiltrated the state like those who have taken over control of the near-DC counties.