Posted on 09/08/2021 2:26:40 PM PDT by algore
The 12-ton, 21ft bronze General Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia, was removed at 9am
The statue is the largest Confederate monument in Virginia and the largest Confederate statue in the country
It was erected in 1890 in honor of Lee, a prominent slave owner and revered Confederate Army general
Last year, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced it would be brought down in light of the BLM movement
A time capsule that has been in the statue's base for 131 years will be replaced by a new one
The new capsule contains 39 'artifacts' including a BLM sticker, a 'Virginia is for lovers' Pride sticker, an expired COVID vaccine and pictures from a Stop Asian Hate Protest
Richmond Police closed the roads surrounding the statue and fenced it off ahead of the removal
Pedestrians were allowed to watch it from a viewing area on Monument Avenue; they chanted, cheered and sang as it was taken down
Senate Republicans in Virginia and some residents wanted to stop it from being torn down; they say the monuments are part of the state's history
Another statue of Lee in Charlottesville was brought down in July - that was the site of the Unite the Right rally in 2017
Since 2020, 160 Confederate statues, school names and monuments have been removed across the US
The Southern Poverty Law Center says there are still some 2,000 'symbols' still standing across the US
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
That is my point exactly. When will the Black Citizens figure out what the white liberals are doing to them? Unemployment with blacks is skyrocketing, again, under white liberal leadership, and this ‘white’ racists are herding blacks back on the plantations.
There was a post awhile ago. The democrats were the primary slave holders. This is an effort to destroy that historical account.
Yes, we have definitely taken a left turn for the worse.
I’ve said this before, but it calls for a repeat:
The decision to welcome back the wayward sisters with their symbols and their honor intact was one of the wisest and most generous policies ever in the history of warfare, and the decision to revoke that policy in our present time is one of the most reckless and foolish.
That is what the People wanted. So that is what they got. They should be happy now. They got rid of President Trump in 2020. They got rid of Robert E. Lee’s statute in 2021. They wanted and got Lying Joe Biden to lead them in 2021. The People are on a roll. All they have to is wear the mask of submission, get the jab[s] of the Kickapoo Joy Juice, bend over so their betters can put it to them[probably without using vasoline] Life is Good!!!
“Lee was on the losing side.”
I was reminded of that just recently when I saw some U.S. personnel fleeing the embassy in Kabul by helicopter and, later, some U.S. citizens abandoned entirely.
That the U.S. federal government would bloat and fail was just a matter of time after the disaster at Appomattox. And it didn’t take 150 years to do so.
I fear it will get worse with the blue state culture in control.
It has been said that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. That may become reality sooner than we care for. As Howard Stern recently said, "F... your freedom". He vocalizes what the elites are thinking.
After Roe v. Wade, the world drank from America's cup, and to date, over One Billion souls have been extinguished by abortion practitioners, just since '73. And this doesn't include those lives taken by the 'morning after drug', or IUDs (which work similarly).
That's more lives taken in less than fifty-years than in all the wars fought in recorded history.
Sigh...
Makes my heart ache.
America survived the practice of slavery. I don't think we will survive the practice of abortion.
He did, but I believe not very many. His wife may have freed them at some point during the War, I can’t quite remember.
}:-)4
Hey, Rachel? Move your ass back up north or out west or wherever and quit polluting the South please. Delta is ready when you are.
}:-)4
“Lincoln sent a representative to see Lee and feel him out about his intentions.”
I thought I read that Scott met with Lee to discuss a possible command in the northern army.
Do you know if that is true?
Yes he did.
Charles F. Adams was sent by Lincoln to feel Lee out on the subject of commanding the army being formed. When Adams discussed the possibility with Lee, Lee said that he would like to discuss the matter with General Scott. They met, but I do not know what transpired.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.