POLL: What do you think should happen to Richmond's Confederate statues on Monument Avenue?
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08-24-2017, 09:13 PM #1
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Please vote in this poll to keep confederate statues on monument avenue!!!
NEVER EVER SQUAT ON YER SPURS!!
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Yes,,,,,,,,we shoot real bullets,,,,,,,,,they jus' won't let us shoot yankees anymore.
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08-25-2017, 04:52 PM #2
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I'm glad to see Richmond having this discussion and look forward to the city finding other things from the last 400 years of its recorded history to celebrate. Maybe we'll get a nice portrayal of August Kautz and the 1st Division of the 25th Corps marching up behind Lee...
M. A. Schaffner
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08-25-2017, 04:57 PM #3
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That actually would be a great idea, considering the reason why there is a call for the statues to come down. And since it is a good idea, it will never happen. At least put it up with statues of Longstreet and Thomas.
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08-25-2017, 05:02 PM #4
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I just chimed in on another poll to rename Arlington's portion of "Jefferson Davis Highway" (which we all just call Route 1 anyway) after either Winfield Scott, Douglas Syphax (a distant relative of Lee's wife on the we-don't-talk-about-them side, or the Necostins). There's a lot of positive dialog going on these days and our understanding of our history is all the richer for it.
M. A. Schaffner
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08-26-2017, 06:28 AM #5
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Winfield Scott Highway has a ring to it.
Rob Weaver
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08-26-2017, 12:22 PM #6
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It would be a great way to honor a great Virginian.
Michael R.
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08-26-2017, 02:00 PM #7
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08-27-2017, 11:52 AM #8
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Here's the link to Alexandria's poll: https://survey.alexandriava.gov/s3/J...ghway-Renaming
It's worth noting that in real civil war history -- as opposed to the Lost Cause version that prevailed for so long -- the city of Alexandria served as the temporary capital of the loyal portions of Virginia, even after a large part of those formed the new state of West Virginia.
A renaming of the highway, as well as a reconsideration of the effigies on Monument Avenue, would be the least we could do for the First Eastern Virginia (Loyal), the Loudoun Rangers, the Union Home Guards of Falls Church and Accotink, and several USCT regiments raised in the state.
Or for Winfield Scott, who when given the same choice as Lee replied, "I have served my country, under the flag of the Union, for more than fifty years, and so long as God permits me to live, I will defend the flag with my sword, even if my native South assails it!"M. A. Schaffner
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