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:
This is pathetic. General Lee is still studied in the War College. He was one of the greatest generals in history. The civil war is not controversial, it happened no matter what anyone thinks. Why try to eliminate everything associated with it? Maybe to satisfy the loud mouth complainers.
Really people really how stupid and ignorant do we have to be taking away our history that’s what it is people history
Nooo
Wrong
I agree completely with Timothy Towle. This is a product of all the ridiculous politically correct b.s. It has stunted rights to free speech and now it seeks to dismantle history. Is noone rallying against this?
Not right, not fair
this is our country history————leave it alone
If this must go, then all statues and such of MLK , Harriet Turman, Rosa Parks, Susan B Anthony, Christopher Columbus, and any other historical figure must be removed too.
This is an outrage! It is part of history!
Leave it we need to have things represent our history younger ppl already are not getting it right they need to know the history of our country