Confederate monuments in North Carolina have been the topic of debate for months, after Gov. Roy Cooper (D) called last year for all Confederate statues to be removed from public property. A 2015 state law bars the removal of the monuments without legislative approval. But several monuments hav...
the position and pose of the statue do not signify anything.” A study published in Southeastern Geographer found thatthe idea statues of Confederate soldiers always faced north was not true, and that generally ...
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The county commission would have to approve the plan. The proposal is the latest move in a public debate in North Carolina about what to do with the statues that many say have racist origins. Another statue was torn down at the state’s flagship public university in 2018 and Winston-Salem...
"Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments," Trump said in the first of three consecutive tweets. "You can't change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson-who's next...
The statue was donated to the county in 1910 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and is engraved with “to the men and women of the Confederacy.” The Southern Poverty Law Center says about 780 Confederate monuments and statues stand on public property in the United ...
Mo., and Russellville, Ky., in opposition to the official governments. In May it was decided to transfer the capital from Montgomery to Richmond, Va., because of Virginia's prestige; that move, considering Richmond's proximity to the North, has generally been regarded as a serious mistake....
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would remove from the Capitol a bust of Roger Taney, the U.S. chief justice best known for an infamous pro-slavery decision, as well as statues of Jefferson Davis and others who served in the Confederacy. The bill passed...
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Confederate monuments have caused a clamor in August when Americans forced their eyes wider open to review whether longstanding monuments and statues in memory of confederate past are historically correct or in tune with modern values. ...
Confederate Statues In 'Monumental Battle' Many years prior to the Civil War, Confederate statues, monuments, and other historical figures were placed thoroughly through the nation to represent the the remembrance of the Confederacy. In the “Monumental Battle” article, Laura Anastasia tells of the...