Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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General Lee
Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA. will never be the same. They have removed the statue. They don't even know the history of Gen. Lee.
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Some are trying to erase history.
Removing a statue does not change history. Just low hanging fruit for some.
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General Lee
Another sad display of arrogance and stupidity. I am waiting for a notice from the left wing morons that my middle name is no longer going to be tolerated by our enlightened government and declaring my parents were wrong when they chose it in honor of General Lee. When will they stop trying to erase our American history?
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You can put history in a closet but it keeps coming back at you in many ways.
Robert E. Lee was a great soldier and man. Robert E. Lee - Wikipedia |
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Such a foolish thing to do. Our kids are never going to know the history of our great country.
You cannot just the past based on the present but can learn how we got here today. |
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Grew up in Wisconsin. Don't believe there were any Lee statues there or anywhere in the Midwest and probably most of the rest of the USA other than the South. Somehow millions of Americans learned US history without seeing statues of Lee. Amazing! |
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The history is: The south LOST. The Confederacy LOST. He wasn't even very good at being a hero - he ultimately surrendered to Grant at the end of the war. He led 15 battles during the Civil War. He was victorious in only 5 of them. He was defeated in the first battle, the last battle, and two other battles. The rest were inconclusive, and during one of them, Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. There is nothing about Robert E. Lee that warrants his statue being on display in a public park, UNLESS you want to glorify his attempts at maintaining blacks being officially considered inferior and sub-human. |
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What did the folks who decided to have the statue made and placing it where it is/was....thinking when they decided to go forward? The will and intent of the people of the past cannot be measured by the distorted special interests of today. |
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Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870), soldier | American National Biography
I did find this quite interesting. It is by a well respected military historian-- Russell F. Weigley Russell Weigley - Wikipedia Last edited by Taltarzac725; 09-10-2021 at 09:16 AM. |
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Best lesson for young folks is to understand real honest history and do better as they grow. |
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We had no statues of Lee in my town, and we had no problem learning about him and the various battles. He should've just given up in Antietam. If I was a Confederate Southerner I would not want his statue being honored in my town's public park. Maybe a memorial statue to honor ALL the dead, like we have now with military memorials. But his role in the Civil War should not be glorified or celebrated. |
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I’m all for teaching the history of the civil war and studying the battlefield tactics of confederate officers.I also have no problem with statues honoring the average confederate soldier, but to. Put statues up to honor traitors and to name military posts for generals who broke there oath to this country I find appalling .I have felt like this since high school and just walking around any New England town and seeing.the monuments to those who died only strengthens that opinion . I don’t believe in capital execution but Jeff Davis Robert Lee and the next 5 top politicians and generals should have been hanged for the carnage they caused, and now feel free to tell me about the so called Noble Cause that is sinking in to the new history it will probably come from the same people who are complaining about history being washed out
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Closed Thread |
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