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Originally Posted by Kybosh
One thing I found interesting, which I did not previously know, is that Robert E. Lee himself opposed the erection of confederate monuments after the war.
“I think it wiser,” the retired military leader wrote about a proposed Gettysburg memorial in 1869, “…not to keep open the sores of war but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife, to commit to oblivion the feelings engendered.”
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/...ate-monuments/ |
Nope, sorry Kybosh. Without statues then history will be lost to the sands of time. Did you know a guy named Gandhi once lived in India? Well he did. I didn't know that because there is no statue where I live now. Are you saying you don't want people to remember Gandhi?
These are monuments that are highly deserving of existing. These statues are the only way that some people will remember that their forefathers fought against their own country because owning other human beings was really important. Remember the Alamo. #NeverForget