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rinselberg
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JAN 04, 01:42 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by cliffw:
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It's called the "Confederate Memorial."
There's an interesting writeup of it on the official Arlington National Cemetery website that obviously predates the very recent removal of the statue, which I believe is going to be relocated to some other venue.
The writeup, which is just 6 minutes and "change" on the inevitable Read-o-Meter, "pulls no punches" in its assessment of the sculpture and how to interpret it.
https://www.arlingtoncemete...Confederate-Memorial[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 01-04-2024).]
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rinselberg
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JAN 05, 05:02 AM
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The Confederate Memorial that was fortuitously removed from Arlington National Cemetery—a construction crane's cargo of Confederate kitsch if ever there was one—could find a new home at Virginia's New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and the collocated Virginia Museum of the Civil War, where it wouldn't be such an eyesore, after casting its ill-conceived shadow upon the grounds of Arlington for nearly 110 woeful and uninterrupted years since it was unfortuitously unveiled in 1914.
This relocation is described in some new reports that I've scrutinized, but I don't see that this plan has yet been finalized.
Failing that, perhaps the federal government can accept bids from the general public... from whoever may have a suitable location where this oversized skeleton from the closet of memory could be erected again without creating further offense.
What's your backyard like?[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 01-05-2024).]
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cliffw
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JAN 05, 09:15 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
It's called the "Confederate Memorial."
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Google Reconciliation statute.
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JAN 05, 04:00 PM
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| quote | | Virginia’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, “disagrees with the Biden administration’s decision to remove” the monument and plans to move it to the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park in the Shenandoah Valley, a spokesperson told Fox News. |
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Someone should tell Governor Youngkin he can't have it both ways. The Confederate Memorial had to removed from Arlington to create the possibility of re-erecting it at the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park and collocated Virginia Museum of the Civil War.
| quote | | An independent commission recommended that the memorial be taken down in 2022 as part of its final report to Congress on renaming military bases and other buildings or items celebrating the Confederacy. |
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Tell it to the commish.
Lost in all this may be the thought I had in mind when I created this thread.
Just as Howell Raines' new book "Silent Cavalry" relates a little known but important aspect of Civil War history, Lawrence O'Donnell's recent conversation about the book with Howell Raines reveals a little known but important aspect of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"... namely, the versatility and even the unpredictability of the show itself, and its host, Lawrence O'Donnell.[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 01-05-2024).]
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