The history that Progressives wish to blot from the Earth denote a past that may not always be pleasant, but serves to teach future generations about the struggles of man and his ability to overcome such obstacles. The recent attempt to remove Civil War monuments from our nation’s historical places stands as testament to such attempts at revision through obfuscation. To the Liberal, it is better to hide the truth, than to allow us to learn from the truth.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R-AL) heard about the attempts by Leftists the nation over who were working in conjunction with lawyers and intolerant ready-to-riot protesters in order to remove as many Confederate monuments as possible.
Last week, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (D) had the famous Civil War era monument of Robert E. Lee removed from its place at the center of the city’s most famous traffic circle – it had been in place for more than a century, Breitbart Texas reported.
“It is self-evident that these men did not fight for the United States of America. They fought against it. They may have been warriors, but in this cause, they were not patriots.” Landrieu said. “These monuments celebrate a fictional, sanitized Confederacy.”
On February 6, the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, also voted to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee that had stood in the city park for nearly a century, Breitbart reported.
The decision to erase history from the city sparked outrage as people gathered and protested peacefully for several weeks. Eventually, two organizations and 11 local citizens came together and filed a lawsuit against the City of Charlottesville to stop the removal of historical Confederate monuments.
With these and other upcoming events in mind, Governor Ivey decided to act on behalf of her constituents and history. What is more right? Hiding the truth for a few hurt feelings, or teaching children the truth so that future generations don’t repeat the same mistakes?
The governor signed a bill that halts these actions and makes it absolutely illegal to even attempt to erase history.
The new legislation prohibits:
The relocation, removal, alteration, renaming, or other disturbance of any architecturally significant building, memorial building, memorial street, or monument located on public property which has been in place for 40 or more years.
State Sen. Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa), who proposed the bill, noted protecting monuments is about preserving history for future generations to learn from, the Huffington Post reported.
“I appreciate Gov. Ivey standing up for the thoughtful preservation of Alabama’s history,” Allen said. “Contrary to what its detractors say, the Memorial Preservation Act is intended to preserve all of Alabama’s history ― the good and the bad ― so our children and grandchildren can learn from the past to create a better future.”
Other states have already taken steps to preserve historical monuments from those who would seek to rewrite history.
In Mississippi, “no statue, monument, memorial, or landmark from any war can be removed from a public property unless it’s being moved to another approved location or if it blocks drivers from seeing,” WLBT reported.
This has been long in coming. Throughout the entire two terms of Barack Obama, it appeared that we were on the verge of losing our freedoms in the First Amendment. The Constitution does not guarantee the protection of our history, but it does gives us the election systems that are sacred to us and allow us to choose our destinies based on our chosen path forward.
Progressives may think that they are also looking forward. But their recent track record of segregation, freedom FROM religion, and removing free speech from public places seems to indicate that the only direction they are heading is backwards.
Source: Breitbart
Image: Governor Kay Ivey
And now the rest of the South should follow along with this and replace the ones that have already been removed