tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73165006438482482.post6452935110273553481..comments2024-03-28T19:41:31.607-11:00Comments on The Virginia Flaggers: Richmond Mayor Attempst to Exploit Charlottesville Tragedy, Calls for Removal of Confederate Memorials on Monument AvenueConniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696918266055510131noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73165006438482482.post-13441579766407438992017-08-17T02:45:04.422-11:002017-08-17T02:45:04.422-11:00As most everyone knows the Civil War was the most ...As most everyone knows the Civil War was the most gut-wrenching moment in our American Experience. Richmond was naturally Ground-Zero in that event. In many ways the City of Richmond is itself a museum to that point in time. However Monument Ave. is not so much a memorial but a reminder of that period. Richmond will hopefully always be a southern town. During that conflict both sides fought with courage and love of land. The North and South gave and paid dearly. The monuments are a reminder of that. Just as the Alamo was preserved, the Little Big Horn saved, yes even the Death Camps of Europe preserved...they are touch stones for events that have come and gone. Thankfully for those who survived we are all the better for it. Yes we've made progress, perhaps even Arthur Ashe, that forever quiet, humble but devastating brilliant , cool man might admit that. How easy it is in the excitement of the moment, in a politically charged environment to bring down these statues. How seemingly right, how trendy, how "so now". Could it be possible for any person of color to feel, think objectively about these monuments? Perhaps not -- on the surface-- why should they? However in many ways these statues are testaments in stone to how far the American Black experience has come today.C. W. Aldridge IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866583795110303308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73165006438482482.post-82017058993694040612017-08-16T23:00:29.172-11:002017-08-16T23:00:29.172-11:00How can we stop this? Is there a way to organize s...How can we stop this? Is there a way to organize something? Can the Sons of Confederate Veterans get involved?Meade Skelton Haufehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16392770184791569797noreply@blogger.com