Posted on 09/08/2021 8:09:19 AM PDT by RandFan
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A crowd erupted in cheers and song Wednesday as work crews hoisted an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee off the pedestal where it has towered over Virginia’s capital city for more than a century.
One of America’s largest monuments to the Confederacy, the equestrian statue was lowered to the ground just before 9 a.m., after a construction worker who strapped harnesses around Lee and his horse lifted his arms in the air and counted, “Three, two, one!” to jubilant shouts from a crowd of hundreds. A work crew then began cutting it into pieces.
“Any remnant like this that glorifies the Lost Cause of the Civil War, it needs to come down, said Gov. Ralph Northam, who called it “hopefully a new day, a new era in Virginia.” The Democrat said it represents “more than 400 years of history that we should not be proud of.”
Sharon Jennings, an African American woman born and raised in Richmond, said she had mixed feelings seeing it go.
“It’s a good day, and it’s a sad day at the same time,” Jennings, 58, said. “It doesn’t matter what color you are, if you really like history, and you understand what this street has been your whole life and you’ve grown up this way, you’re thinking, ‘Oh, my God.’ But when you get older you understand that it does need to come down.”
Some chanted “Whose streets? Our streets!” and sang, “Hey hey hey, goodbye.” One man with a Black Lives Matter flag was escorted out by police after running into the fenced-off work area. No arrests were reported, and there was no sign of a counter protest.
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“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“How come this statue wasn’t taken down during the race riots in the 1960s?“
Because this was still the United States of America back then.
That is what you get when you put Democrats in Power. Democrats are evil incarnate. And the voters don’t really give a damn because they elect them anyway. But on the bright side, they got rid of President Trump. Probably the only President that Cared for the American People but they could wait to replace him with a Lying, Cheating son of a bitch named Joe Biden. The People of America have who they wanted in the White House. They should be forced to keep him. Let them enjoy him. During conversations with other people, I have had individual after individual say,” I voted for Biden. He fooled me. I wish I had not voted for him. Not enough in an honest election to change the results. But a hell of a lot when they are added up.
Same with Canaris, but I’m not quite picking up what your actual point is when comparing confederate generals to Nazis.
What will the Left do to their current Hero Nancy Pelosi in a few years ,LOL
WTF !?!?
did northram wear his blackface when he made the announcement?
The majority of Bohemians at that time were Czechs (the border areas were inhabited by Germans--those areas were given to Hitler as a result of the Munich agreement in 1938--the Germans were forced to leave in 1945).
Those that the Czechs allowed to leave, a lot of them didn't make it out.
No arrests were reported, and there was no sign of a counter protest.
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The problem is that Richmond and VA. have been largely taken over by the political Left. Destroy enough of the history of this nation and pretty soon virtually no one will care about it.
Did Governor Coonman wear blackface or his KKK outfit to Celebrate? The democrats are probably even more mad at Lee he led troops against Mexico,
There’s a monument in South Dakota that is next...
...many years ago, used to live in the central Virginia area...traveled on Monument Avenue quite a few times...this is disgraceful, but is par for the course given this time and age....would not be surprised if some cheesy statue of some black leader [sic] replaced the now-destroyed statue of Marse Robert.....
Like most American cities, Richmond has been blackened and marred by drugs and violence. Few normal people would venture into Richmond for "fun".
Maybe they can put a hugh statue of Mao or Stalin in its place.
It would be a real attention grabber, great for drawing leftist tourists to get a shot of themselves with murderous thugs.
They can put one right next to the FauX Chi and Cuomo the Barbarian statues and memorials..
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