#Monuments

Lisa Bari 😷 (she/her/hers)

lisabari

Here in the state of Maryland, we've been trying to change the state song for 40+ years, which was written by a confederate "sympathizer". It's time to go. It was

Robert Saunders

redhistorian

If anyone thinks this is a good faith proposal, designed to secure democratic consent for changes to public monuments, let's look at what Robert Jenrick said four months ago about

Aayudhjivi

vh21111111996

Your entire rant can be stopped by the views of 2 prominent Buddhist revivalist, authors and reformers of 20th century1). Anagārika Dharmapāla2). Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Both R critical of

Civil War Humor

CivilWarHumor

All this Rome talk … look, I lived in Rome in my younger days (over there I’m known as CivilWarUmorismo; here’s me with a fan) and if there’s one Roman

Billy Binion

billybinion

THREAD: You may have heard that the Stonewall riots & the LGBT rights movement began with a trans woman of color named Marsha P. Johnson—a claim that has been all

Vanessa Kisuule

Vanessa_Kisuule

What a lush thing to be interviewed by a publication I hold in such high regard. I have a silly but persistent dream of one day having my own byline

John Warner

biblioracle

Dear @postandcourier. This ain't it. Signed a loyal subscriber.https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-turn-charlestons-john-c-calhoun-monument-into-a-teaching-tool/article_7cf500f6-b004-11ea-81c6-4f5e75f07272.html I

𝕊onja Drimmer

Sonja_Drimmer

According to the artist Hambling, "She's naked & she's every woman." *Every white, 30-something, non-disabled, thin woman.Funny how the brief to commemorate a famous woman generalizes her when Nelson gets

Fjordr

FjordrInfo

1/20 Good afternoon. I’m Antony Firth and I’m going to tweet about ‘Steel on the Seabed’. I’ll be referencing work with @HistoricEngland @HE_Maritime @Honor_Frost @SouterNT @HeritageFundNE @CITiZAN @IoSIFCA @TynetoTees @ukchp.

Brian Behnken

HistoryBrian

So tweets about this Iowa Civil War monument, called Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, have been making the rounds on Twitter. 1/11 Er, rather, tweets about this statue, a part of

clever crazy goose

_sophiecoyne_

i’m tired but just wanted to explain what’s been going on in the senate with the $2000 checks bc it’s really confusing and due to a lot of strange rules:

Christine Jacobson

internetstine

Happy Birthday to Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953), darling of the Russian avant-garde and architect of the most beautiful monument never made. A . Known as "Tatlin's Tower" but officially "The Monument

Jens Notroff

jens2go

Statues aren‘t 'history'.Statues are negotiated memorials to *a* historic narrative put on public display.Removing these public displays means re-negotiating the narratives they represent. *That‘s* history. On a related note re

Michael G. Bazemore

deepwatermike

Here's an update on the #ConfederateMonuments situation in Raleigh after last nights #BlackLivesMatter protests. I'll be adding some stuff about related monuments at the end. All photos by me,

Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary)

SpockResists

Easter Sunday. 1873. Colfax, Louisiana. Colfax was originally named Calhoun’s Landing after the wealthy plantation owner Meredith Calhoun. After the Civil War, it was to be renamed taking on names

Coping MAGA

CopingMAGA

We made a thread of Biden's first executive actions.Categories include:• Coronavirus• Financial Relief• Environment• Human rights• Immigration• Regulation• Ethics Coronavirus:- Start of his "100 Days Masking Challenge

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