#Statues

David Frum

davidfrum

Karen Hughes tells a story in her memoirs that down-ballot Republicans would do well to remember in 2020 ... 1/xhttps://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1279657317315772417 Walking on a bench on holiday, she saw a small

Daniel F. Baranowski

DFBHarvard

The American Civil War. Most Confederates didn't own slaves & weren't fighting for slavery. They fought for a fundamental 19th Century American principle, "States Rights"!When Lee surrendered to Grant, there

James Wigderson

jwigderson

This is not a parody. PragerU really believes this crap. So let's just dig through these deep piles of doo doo. 1/10https://twitter.com/prageru/status/1341059245572145152 “Statues of great Americans” - statues of Lee,

Doug Mack

douglasmack

There are lots of good and important points in this piece on colonialism but it's JARRING that it never mentions the existence of the American colonies/territories.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/opinion/decolonization-statues.html#c

Erin L. Thompson

artcrimeprof

Mary Beard and Simon Goldhill just finished a Cambridge webinar on "Statue Wars — Controversy and Debate" comparing ancient use and abuse of statues to what's happening now. Here's some

Carissa Byrne Hessick

CBHessick

I’ve seen a lot of recent takes about how people should not pull down statues, damage property, or refuse to comply with curfews or police orders to disperse. I’m incredibly

Matt Dawson

SaintRPh

ANTIFA! I’m here to help. I’m going to give you statues that you missed. Here is a statues of Emporer Norton I, he was leader when America still had emporers.

Rachael Swindon

Rachael_Swindon

I have never known a government that has to be shamed in to action on such a regular basis. Can a kind celebrity now pick up on the plight of

Daniel Schultz

pastordan

Funny story associated with this...https://twitter.com/pastordan/status/1274400812626849793 Ever wonder why Mary is so venerated in the Catholic and Orthodox faiths? Well, among many other reasons, it's because Byzantine emperors tried

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

Pepys Cashwell

PeterCashwell

In ALONG THOSE LINES, I quoted my old Folklore professor, Daniel Patterson: "History tells you what happened; folklore tells you how people FEEL about what happened." I believe his words

Dr. Miranda Kaufmann FRSA

MirandaKaufmann

I don’t think “our history” is what you think it is @RobertJenrick. For starters what makes British history “uniquely” rich? Are other nation’s pasts just bland dull affairs devoid of

The Black Star Line

DannyUNIAharlem

@RPMComoAs requested Roger, my appraisal of the Black Lives Matter movement. Thanks again for wanting to know my thoughts on it.I can only hope I do it some justice: Elaine,

Bret Devereaux

BretDevereaux

Statues are back in the news; I suppose I ought say something about statues, because I'm a historian and people keep saying that statues are about 'remembering history.'Folks, statues are

Reuben Rose-Redwood

R_RoseRedwood

With all the interest in statue removals & renaming these days, I thought some might find further inspiration from our book, "The Political Life of Urban Streetscapes: Naming, Politics, &

Marco Malvagio - poorly explained history stuff

MalvagioMarco

Impromptu thread: VENETIANS PULLING A FOUR-SEASON-LANDSCAPING TRICK(turns out history DOES repeat sometimes) See this guy? He could have told Trump, you must be *specific* with addresses. He was a mercenary,

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