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:
How sad to take away a part of history.
This is just wrong– it’s our history. I’m a Yankee thru & thru but I feel this is so wrong to take this monument down; I thought it was wrong to start banning the confederate flag also. These libs are just erasing history right before our eyes.
Taliban
Erasing history is stupid! It happened, and even though the South lost that bloody war, our heroes were still heroes. Remember, if you don’t study history, you will repeat it. Political correctness is overdone and millions of good people are sick of hearing about it.
What kinda ding dong c**p is this??.. spend $300K of the taxpayers moola to move these historical iconic treasures because a few nuckleheaded people are looking to b offended…lol.. God its gotten outta hand.., catering to a minority of thumbsuckin babbling buffoons..
This is ridiculous!
send it to me i will take it
He is more of our heritage than MLK
Are they going to rewrite all the history books too idiots.
If Virginia wants to waste it’s money this way, who are we to argue?