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Oh man, they're gonna turn him into PupPeroni.
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Good.
Gets me thinking about when we students would sing northern Civil War songs at school Memorial Day ceremonies.
I was nine years old and in the 4th grade at the time of the 100th anniversary of the start of the war.
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“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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If they statue rises in 3 days, I'll listen to them.
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There are two confederate monuments in the town of Luray. For years the town has been paying for the upkeep, but it turns out that neither statue nor the property on which it sits is owned by the town. One statue is owned by the family of the sculptor, and the other is owned by the Virginia Historical Society.
This was discovered when both statues were vandalized in June if 2020 and some folks apparently complained that town resources were being used for the upkeep and restoration of private property. I personally find it hard to believe that the town didn’t know it didn’t own the property.
This was discovered when both statues were vandalized in June if 2020 and some folks apparently complained that town resources were being used for the upkeep and restoration of private property. I personally find it hard to believe that the town didn’t know it didn’t own the property.
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They may have, or may have at one time and forgot as an institution. Its not uncommon for a donor to pay for a statue and allow a city or museum to display and retain ownership. Some of the Monuments on the battlefield at Gettysburg belong to certain veterans organizations, most of which passed them on the National Military Park when the last veterans of the unit died. The Longstreet memorial, which is fairly new, I think is privately owned.Maybenaut wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 1:27 pm There are two confederate monuments in the town of Luray. For years the town has been paying for the upkeep, but it turns out that neither statue nor the property on which it sits is owned by the town. One statue is owned by the family of the sculptor, and the other is owned by the Virginia Historical Society.
This was discovered when both statues were vandalized in June if 2020 and some folks apparently complained that town resources were being used for the upkeep and restoration of private property. I personally find it hard to believe that the town didn’t know it didn’t own the property.
Anyhow, I have seen public art that is actually privately owned, or the give them the land but not the statue, and if some of the stuff was donated a hundred years ago under those terms, the fact the family gave the land to the town but not the statue might have gotten lost in the records.
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sorry could not find a US source for this
South Carolina loosens protections for slave-era statues
Nina Lloyd
Thursday September 23 2021, 10.15am BST, The Times
South Carolina’s supreme court has upheld a law protecting Confederate monuments and other statues from sudden removal but ruled that the requirement for a supermajority vote on any changes is “unconstitutional”.
The unanimous decision keeps intact the state’s Heritage Act, which has prevented colleges and local governments from taking down statues of pro-slavery Civil War soldiers or segregationists. The 2000 legislation has protected South Carolina’s Confederacy monuments and street names even as others in the American South have been toppled after last year’s Black Lives Matter protests.
The court ruled that permission from the general assembly was needed before removing statues from state property. However, it struck down as “unconstitutional” a provision of the legislation that required a two-thirds majority vote on any changes.
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https://www.stltoday.com/news/national/ ... 47c.html#1
Photos: Emancipation & Freedom Monument unveiled in Richmond
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A monument honoring the abolition of slavery was dedicated on Wednesday in Richmond, Virginia, just two miles from where a hulking statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee once prominently stood.
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney touched a bronze sculpture following the dedication of the Emancipation and Freedom Monument on Wednesday. The figure is a newly freed man, his chains broken from his wrists.
The Levitical Priests performs "Lift Every Voice and Sing", also known as the Negro National Anthem, during the Virginia Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission's dedication and unveil the Emancipation and Freedom Monument on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at Brown's Island in Richmond, Virginia.
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Re: Confederate monuments
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Not entirely off topic, but not sure if I'm risking taking the discussion too far off base. I just wanted to put this in writing.
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Yer just too fast, it was still the middle of the night here!RTH10260 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 8:00 am sorry could not find a US source for thisSouth Carolina loosens protections for slave-era statues
Nina Lloyd
Thursday September 23 2021, 10.15am BST, The Times
South Carolina’s supreme court has upheld a law protecting Confederate monuments and other statues from sudden removal but ruled that the requirement for a supermajority vote on any changes is “unconstitutional”.
The unanimous decision keeps intact the state’s Heritage Act, which has prevented colleges and local governments from taking down statues of pro-slavery Civil War soldiers or segregationists. The 2000 legislation has protected South Carolina’s Confederacy monuments and street names even as others in the American South have been toppled after last year’s Black Lives Matter protests.
The court ruled that permission from the general assembly was needed before removing statues from state property. However, it struck down as “unconstitutional” a provision of the legislation that required a two-thirds majority vote on any changes.
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https://news.yahoo.com/south-carolina-s ... 31715.htmlSouth Carolina Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Confederate Monument Protection Law
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a state law prohibiting anyone from moving a Confederate monument or changing the historical name of a street or building without the Legislature’s approval.
However, the unanimous decision also struck down a requirement within South Carolina’s Heritage Act that two-thirds of the General Assembly must approve a move or name change. Yet the justices upheld a clause in the law that said if any part of it was ruled unconstitutional, the rest would stand.
The justices also shot down an argument that the law broke “home rule” in South Carolina by illegally allowing the General Assembly to get involved in local affairs.
“They contend local governments are in a better position to act with regard to this subject because ‘they can be more responsive’ to the thoughts of the community. This may be true, but Home Rule is not about who holds the better wisdom,” Associate Justice John Cannon Few wrote in the 22-page ruling.
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I keep seeing news articles referring to these as "slave era statues". Wouldn't it be more accurate to refer to these as "Jim Crow segregation era statues". I believe they were almost entirely erected after Reconstruction ended and the Jim Crow era began.
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Yes.Reality Check wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 1:37 pm I keep seeing news articles referring to these as "slave era statues". Wouldn't it be more accurate to refer to these as "Jim Crow segregation era statues". I believe they were almost entirely erected after Reconstruction ended and the Jim Crow era began.
https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/54426688 ... ist-futureConfederate Statues Were Built To Further A 'White Supremacist Future'
Yet many historians say the argument about preserving Southern history doesn't hold up when you consider the timing of when the "beautiful" statues, as Trump called them, went up.
"Most of the people who were involved in erecting the monuments were not necessarily erecting a monument to the past," said Jane Dailey, an associate professor of history at the University of Chicago."But were rather, erecting them toward a white supremacist future."
The most recent comprehensive study of Confederate statues and monuments across the country was published by the Southern Poverty Law Center last year. A look at this chart shows huge spikes in construction twice during the 20th century: in the early 1900s, and then again in the 1950s and 60s. Both were times of extreme civil rights tension.
In the early 1900s, states were enacting Jim Crow laws to disenfranchise black Americans. In the middle part of the century, the civil rights movement pushed back against that segregation.
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Thank you for so clearly quantifying my point!raison de arizona wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 1:51 pm https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/54426688 ... ist-future
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He paid a mighty price at the Altar of Freedom, but it had great dividends. Let it not be squandered.RVInit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 12:21 pmOff TopicNot entirely off topic, but not sure if I'm risking taking the discussion too far off base. I just wanted to put this in writing.
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An interesting look at monuments in New Orleans:
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Robert Pike was a nasty POS.
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I firmly believe that if we are going to keep any monument to confederate leaders, that should be the one.
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At least the statue makes him look like the crazed asshole he likely was
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It's like Colonel Sanders and The Burger King had an unholy union.