I don’t believe that any person of color should have to live on or work at an installation named after someone who believed that owning other human beings was appropriate and then fought for that belief.
I’m in whole hearted agreement with the renaming of our military posts named after Confederates.
That said, I’m not in favor of this removal, we as Americans must never forget, and memorials like this are an in-your-face reminder of what happened and the appalling legacy of slavery. My preference would be that it stayed with some educational materials nearby as a constant reminder of people behaving horribly.
If you want to never forget through statues and memorials, you do not make them of the oppressor. Germany has no problem remembering the Nazis in spite of there not being any statues or memorials to those fuck heads who were around for longer than the Confederacy.
I think all of these memorials and artifacts should be placed in specific museums that celebrate the atrocities that made this country “great.” If any racist-ass white folk wanna go reminisce about the good ol’ times, they can go to that museum and pay an entrance fee that supports education and reparations.
There is an argument for a site talking about the horrors of slavery and Jim Crow, however I don’t think Arlington is the best venue for it. Also you know motivations, you can bet that people involved with this Confederate stuff aren’t doing it so that humanity won’t forget how bad this was, they are doing it to honor it.
The renaming of military ‘posts’ to non-Confederate names is already in progress for some time now. The removal of the monument from Arlington is part of that process.
Did you read the article: “Virginia’s governor, Glenn Youngkin, disagrees with the decision and plans to move the monument to the New Market battlefield state historical park in the Shenandoah Valley…”
Well aware that the re naming effort is complete. Mostly abysmal names, though Gregg-Adams and Novosel are pretty good. When you have amazing humans like Medal of Honor recipient Roy Benavidez and choose Liberty as the new name for Bragg over Benavidez, because he wasn’t an officer, that’s fucked up.
I don’t believe that any person of color should have to live on or work at an installation named after someone who believed that owning other human beings was appropriate and then fought for that belief.
I’m in whole hearted agreement with the renaming of our military posts named after Confederates.
That said, I’m not in favor of this removal, we as Americans must never forget, and memorials like this are an in-your-face reminder of what happened and the appalling legacy of slavery. My preference would be that it stayed with some educational materials nearby as a constant reminder of people behaving horribly.
Is the way to remember World War II with a big triumphant statue of Hitler on horseback? Or, is it by teaching history?
If you want that memorialize it like the holocaust museums. Don’t celebrate it with a Monument.
If you want to never forget through statues and memorials, you do not make them of the oppressor. Germany has no problem remembering the Nazis in spite of there not being any statues or memorials to those fuck heads who were around for longer than the Confederacy.
Nah. There’s literal slaves on the monument. One clinging to the baby of an officer saying goodbye. Another diligently following an officer to war.
It’s conveying the Lost Cause Myth that slavery was a good thing.
I think all of these memorials and artifacts should be placed in specific museums that celebrate the atrocities that made this country “great.” If any racist-ass white folk wanna go reminisce about the good ol’ times, they can go to that museum and pay an entrance fee that supports education and reparations.
There is an argument for a site talking about the horrors of slavery and Jim Crow, however I don’t think Arlington is the best venue for it. Also you know motivations, you can bet that people involved with this Confederate stuff aren’t doing it so that humanity won’t forget how bad this was, they are doing it to honor it.
Yeah, ‘never forget’ when “mammies” were nursemaids.
https://www.al.com/news/2023/12/arlington-cemeterys-confederate-memorial-with-mammy-holding-white-child-soon-to-be-removed.html
The renaming of military ‘posts’ to non-Confederate names is already in progress for some time now. The removal of the monument from Arlington is part of that process.
Did you read the article: “Virginia’s governor, Glenn Youngkin, disagrees with the decision and plans to move the monument to the New Market battlefield state historical park in the Shenandoah Valley…”
Well aware that the re naming effort is complete. Mostly abysmal names, though Gregg-Adams and Novosel are pretty good. When you have amazing humans like Medal of Honor recipient Roy Benavidez and choose Liberty as the new name for Bragg over Benavidez, because he wasn’t an officer, that’s fucked up.