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 it is all American history ! Are you going to remove him from textbooks next , history is history ,
They can fool themselves by taking down monuments, but it does not change history or make anything better. Also, there were over 600 thousand lives lost in the war to end slavery, and there has not been ONE thank you!!! Just a lot of screaming about monuments! The audacity!
Just plain stupid.
Why? We don’t appreciate history?
The money should be used to pay off debt. The Lord hold us responsible for spending money foolishly.
The left trying to rewrite history again. Slavery is wrong but it did happen and if we are constantly reminded then history may not repeat.
Washed up and sold out politicians should be thrown out!!!
Leave it alone
Very sad and wasteful!
Get rid of Washington. Jefferson. Oh, yes. The Pyramids were built with slave labor. You touchy, feely, wimpy assed, I have no sense of history in context dolts can all go to hell. You are getting to the point of uselessness.