#Monuments

Nick Sacco

NickSacco55

Thanks to @AlbertMackey1 for providing a nice overview of legislation that could lead to the removal Confederate monuments from NPS battlefields. https://studycivilwar.wordpress.com/2020/08/08/confederate-monuments-in-national-parks/amp/?__

Dr Rebecca Senior

rebeccalsenior

Second session of my #monuments research series is LIVE at - http://nottingham.ac.uk/go/CRVCmonuments. It explores monuments in the contexts of #socialjustice movements in the 2010s. Please share! Also a few of

Elizabeth Slattery

EHSlattery

When I first heard about this, I *almost* couldn't believe presidents had interpreted "land" to include the ocean and designate "ocean monuments" using the Antiquities Act (and presumably get around

Vizzard, James, 1ea.

JWVizzard

Note the transition: The enemy is Democrats in citiesOur children are being taught to hate their own countryDemocrats are just under 1/3 of the electorate--slightly more then Republicans.80% of Americans

Robert Hewitt Wolfe

writergeekrhw

If you want Confederate monuments to teach history, lie them on their sides and put statues of WT Sherman, US Grant, Robert Smalls, etc. on top of them kicking their

Erin L. Thompson

artcrimeprof

Fascinating 6/17/20 @QuinnipiacPoll results for the question "Do you support or oppose removing Confederate statues from public spaces around the country?". 52% overall say yes... but check out the wide

christian

christian1987T

1#BLM is a racist terrorist organisationThis is easily ascertained in many ways-Their ideology, which continually refers to whites as inferiors, evil by nature, genetic defects & sub-humans-Violence against people, monuments

Kevin M. Levin

KevinLevin

I really enjoyed having the opportunity to talk with history educators tonight about teaching the history of Confederate monuments and the current controversy. Thanks @historyed. I want to share my

madeline odent

oldenoughtosay

y'all asked for my thoughts on this so here they are: the most treasured art of the Capitol survived undamaged because the terrorists weren't fixing to destroy monuments to their

Neil Jackman

JackmanNeil

One of the truly wonderful things about Ireland is that we have so many incredible sites, open and accessible for all. But a significant number of people are doing untold

Uryus Worku

UryusW

No one really noticed that London was full of statues of white racists or that the names of their streets dripped with colonial blood. The idea that the Mayor is

Timothy Snyder

TimothyDSnyder

1/10. Whatever happened to protecting monuments and federal property, which seemed so important to our government this summer and fall? 2/10. The idea of protecting property was used to beat

Ed Whelan

EdWhelanEPPC

David Blight’s biography of Frederick Douglass reveals some ugly racist statements by women’s-rights icons Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in fight over whether women should get vote at

JamesHeartfield

JamesHeartfield

This guy is a descendant of the liberated slaves who paid for the emancipation monument-indeed he says his great-great grandfather is the man sculpted with Lincoln. This really would be

Civil War On This Day

CivilWarOTD

Sergeant James H. Harris died #OTD in 1898. Born in St. Mary’s County, Maryland around 1828, Harris was a farmer until the #CivilWar began. Once African-Americans were allowed to serve,

Friendless Churches

friendschurches

Across the mid-Wales you’ll find cheerful cherubs, buxom and bucolic, “with cheeks like apples from a Herefordshire orchard”. Their golden curls light up dark church corners.They’re the work of the

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