Charlottesville
City Council has voted 4-0 to ignore offers by dozens of groups and
localities to purchase the magnificent equestrian statues for display at
other locations, and give the Lee, Jackson, and Lewis & Clark
statues to a radical racial group who has detailed plans to melt them
down into trinkets.
Must be nice to have this type of cultural arrogance without concern of blow back from preservationists.
This comes as no surprise to any of us who
have any dealings with the communist republic of Charlottesville. These
people hate us. We knew full well that none of us had a chance to
obtain the statues, and will continue our complete and total boycott of
that once great and beautiful city.
Meanwhile, Governor Northam has announced that he will illegally give
the deed to LEE Circle over to the City of Richmond, after removing the
LEE monument base, all of which will be completed before he leaves
office in January. Work began yesterday.
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The NBC
affiliate in Richmond reached out to us and actually used a great part
of our quote on air, and the entire statement in their written report:
https://www.nbc12.com/2021/12/05/governor-northam-announces-removal-lee-statue-pedestal-transfer-land-city/?fbclid=IwAR2z398Hx48I9yP7fN765rSWkSshLjncWkbrtHJ7vjunAKYzNUbwugJM984
Our statement:
“We
are certainly not surprised to hear of the governor’s plan to illegally
break the deed to the LEE circle property, destroy the remaining LEE
monument base, and hand over the property to Mayor Stoney. Property
owners across America should be alarmed that the state can actually
disregard the legal and binding terms of a 100+ year old deed, just to
appease the whims of a few ignorant and hateful activists.
Despite
recent and repeated polls that show the overwhelming majority of
Virginia’s citizens are opposed to monument destruction, and a total of
NINE referendums across the Commonwealth during the past two elections,
in which citizens overwhelmingly voted to keep memorials standing,
Northam continues to bend over backwards to ignore the will of the
people and please the extremists and haters among his own party. He
appears to be racing to finish the destruction and give away the
property to the city to ensure that the memorial will not be rebuilt
when his party is ushered out of power next month.
Northam’s
divisive and spiteful actions confirm that the carpetbaggers,
scalawags, and their woke “social justice” rioters who are now in
charge, are afraid Old Virginia won’t stay Reconstructed as long as
General Lee is still around. It says something about our Confederate
heroes that more than 150 years after the war ended, the honor, courage,
and Godly character of men who stood up to the evil of tyranny, still
scares the daylights out of them.
While
they may remove granite, marble, stone and bronze, we are inspired and
encouraged by the fact that the name of Robert E. Lee will be spoken
with reverence and honor by true Virginians long after those behind the
destruction and desecration are long gone and forgotten. Our work, as
the living descendants of these gallant veterans is far from over. We
will continue to do our duty…to ensure they are remembered and honored
as we see fit, starting with new Memorial Battle Flag sites in addition
to the 35 now existing across the Commonwealth.”
Obviously, the leftists are scrambling to complete their destruction before being ushered out of office in January.
Meanwhile, we are pleased to support the efforts of the Gordonsville
Grays SCV Camp #2301 in their "LEE RIDES AGAIN" campaign to raise a full
scale replica of the LEE monument!
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This campaign
is in the very early stages but we have reviewed their plans and are
confident in their ability to make it happen and will be lending them
our full support and assistance, including help to find a suitable
location, the first step in the process.
Make checks payable to Gordonsville Grays, note "Lee Monument" in the memo line, and mail to PO Box 204, Gordonsville, VA 22942.
Donations may also be made via PayPal to GordonsvilleGrays@gmail.com OR www.givesendgo.com/LeeRidesAgain
We encourage you to get behind this effort and send them a gift to help
get the project off the ground. Look for more details to follow soon.
"Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer." Romans 12:12 | | |
Thank you for all that you do.
ReplyDeleteAs a historian of the Lee Monument I would like to say that everything that has happened to
ReplyDeletethe monument was illegally done my the now governor. I have copies of the 1887 and 1890 deeds which were signed by two seating governors who were the Presidents of the Lee Monument Association when they were in office and by the owners of the property. The Deed clearly states that the Statue and property was given to the State of Virginia.The first deed dated July 15, 1887 states: to have and hold the said property "Circle" to the following uses and purposes and none other as a site for the Monument to General Robert E Lee which it is the end and object of the Monument Association to erect. The second deed written in pencil states: The Lee Monument Association has finished the work for which it was organized. That the equestrian statue of General R. E. Lee about being completed for said association in the City of Paris, should be presented to the Commonwealth. Whereas the the General Assembly of Virginia highly appreciating and approving the Patriotic purpose has by special statute approved the accepted gift.The State of Virginia acting by and through the Governor of the Commonwealth and pursuant the terms and provisions of the special statute herein above mentioned, execute this instrument in token of her acceptance of the gift and her guarantee that she will hold said statue and pedestal and circle ground perpetually sacred to the monumental purpose to which they have been devoted.
There is no wording on either deed stating that any future governor had the power to remove the statue, pedestal or reuse the circle for any other purpose. The now governor has broken a deed of State property and should be held liable for criminal charges by a court of law. A filing has to be by a permanent resident of Virginia.
Very sincerely,
Raymond Winstead
National SCV Graves and Monument Committee Member
I agree. Keep erecting monuments
ReplyDeleteWe will never win with fancy words. Our only option is to use the lefts tactics against themselves. Fight fire with fire. I fully support organizing a team to break into whatever building its kept in, and steal the statue back so that it may reinstated and protected. It was illegally removed, and is being illegally destroyed. Violence can only be conquered with violence. And their assault on our honorable heritage and noble history, as well as the tactics they employ against us, is as violent as they come.
ReplyDeleteI agree fight fire with fire
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