Richmond candidate Morrissey hopes to unify the city by adding to the Jefferson Davis Statue instead of tearing it down. Listening to his constituents, Morrissey feels destroying the statue would add more wounds, but adding Black Union and Confederate Soldiers completes more of the history of the Civil War. His opponents have their own ideas regarding these statues, and are willing to discuss them as well. Morrissey does not want to glorify the Confederates position in the South.
The likeness of the Robert E. Lee statue that presided over Lee Circle from 1884 until May of this year is featured prominently on the front of the coin alongside the statues of General P.G.T. Beauregard and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, as well as the monument to the Battle of…
Gail Lambert argues that we should not remove the statues of war generals that we disagree with. Lambert see’s these statues as landmarks that show what was important to people in the past and why. He utilized the example of a statue of Sheridan. He disagrees with the war tactics…
A suit was filed in order to prevent the Lee statues removal from where it presently is. Removing it will cost a lot of money as will replacing it. The reason it will be moved is because the vote was 3 to 2. There are other reasons for why this…
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