The Confederacy has long been a controversial topic in the United States. While the state has long been associated with racism and slavery, many modern southerners view the Confederacy as an important part of southern heritage.
Until recently, relics of the Confederate States of America have been allowed throughout the south for historical purposes, but in today’s politically correct climate, many of those monuments have been forcibly removed.
Last year, statues of Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, were removed from locals parks in Virgina. The contractor who removed the statues found his Lamborghini torched in response.
Now, more statues of the former general are coming down across the state — at huge cost.
Read about the latest Robert E. Lee statue to fall on the next page:
Why?
Bawleted history
How does that old saying go those who ignore the past are bound to repeat it
For starters the beginning sentence is a lie.. The Confederacy was never a topic until Obama made it one..
Now go up north and start with the Lincoln Memorial.Abe and U S Grant owned slaves even after the war.when he Grant was asked why he still had then.he replied, because good help is hard to find.
Leave it alone. It is a piece of historical record.
Thanks to that maggot mayor!!
Lee was a West Point graduate and a brilliant man. An American whos monument should remain.mshame on those caving to special intrests
Figures. They really aren’t teaching them much of anything in public schools!
Why our ancestors fought with this man why shouldn’t he be honored some more less popular people have status
Such a Shame to tear down history