[wideawake]

I'm another Northerner (and a member of the Sons of Union Veterans) who echoes your sentiments.

Putting a statue of Lincoln in the middle of Richmond is intended to provoke people. In historical terms it's as relevant as putting a statue of Custer in the middle of a Sioux reservation or a statue of Daniel Webster in Seattle.

The same people who applaud changing the name of George Washington Junior High to Jomo Kenyatta Junior High are the people who support this kind of statue.

Leftists.

[ckilmer]

agreed

to put the lincoln statue in perspective you have to notice that the gettysburg memorial is being redone because it is too "sympathetic" to the south.

the pc people are playing two sides off against the middle.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Five days before the Civil War ended in April 1865, the president and his youngest child, Tad, traveled to still-smoldering Richmond soon after Southern forces abandoned the city in flames.

But, he actually went there.

The statue commemorates an historic event no different than the Marines at Iwo Jima raising the flag statue, or any other historical statue.

Lincoln was a US President, he and his son did go to Richmond.

Men fought bravely at Richmond, but they lost it. The victors get to raise the statues...

I don't see the problem.

[henderson field]

Well that's exactly it, isn't it: putting a statue of Lincoln in downtown Richmond, Virginia is intended to provoke people. It's the same as putting up a statue of a hand with the middle finger extended. In fact, that would probably be less expensive and more cost-efficient - perhaps that should be considered. At least it would be more honest.

[wardaddy]

Well said....will this shite ever end?

[Non-Sequitur]

Putting a statue of Lincoln in the middle of Richmond is intended to provoke people. In historical terms it's as relevant as putting a statue of Custer in the middle of a Sioux reservation or a statue of Daniel Webster in Seattle.

Or putting a statue of Jefferson Davis in Washington, D.C.? Oh wait, they did that.