Simple Sam Loc: USA

In the last several years, monuments to Confederates has disappeared across the nation. Should this be condoned?

Should Americans demand that any or all of the following be removed? If not, why?

1. The Connecticut Twenty-Ninth Colored Regiment, C. V. Infantry; New Haven, Connecticut.
2. The African-American Civil War Memorial – The Spirit Of Freedom; Washington, District of Columbia
3. Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment; Washington, District of Columbia
4. 2nd Regiment Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops; Fort Myers, Florida
5. Memorial to the Forgotten Soldiers; Key West, Florida
6. Colored Soldiers Monument (AKA Kentucky African American Civil War Veterans Monument); Frankfort, Kentucky
7. In Memory of More Than 400 Prominent United States Colored Troops from Kent County; Chestertown, Maryland
8. Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment; Boston, Massachusetts
9. African American Monument; Vicksburg, Mississippi
10. 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Civil War Monument – “Battle of Island Mound”; Butler, Missouri
11. 56th United States Colored Troops Monument; St. Louis, Missouri
12. Soldiers’ Memorial at Lincoln University, Missouri; Jefferson City, Missouri
13. In Memory of the Colored Union Soldiers; Hertford, North Carolina
14. Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Cleveland, Ohio
15. United States Colored Troops National Monument; Nashville, Tennessee
16. West Point Monument (AKA Norfolk African-American Civil War Memorial); Norfolk, Virginia
17. Civil War Monument; Portsmouth,Virginia

maryla

I find it dis-heartening!!! Those items listed are all a part of America's history and those who promote the removal really need to ask themselves do they really know why they're doing it and what do they hope to accomplish!

Simple Sam Loc: USA

I think the intent is to remove objects that bring up painful thoughts. A running away from reality. This is not the first time in history where books and attempts have been made to "rewrite" history. Should we let it happen in the USA?

Crayons Loc: St Jo, Texas

The home grown commies/marxists want to 'Erase' colored folks family history on both sides of the mason-dixon-line

Simple Sam Loc: USA

Really? If seems that only white Confederate monuments have been removed. Were there Black monuments removed?

Crayons Loc: St Jo, Texas

It's not just the monuments, it's black confederate museums as well.
In TX there were some blacks that were free-men before the Civil War, owning
large acreages, cattle, cotton fields, weapons and Many served The (Confederate) Republic of TX proudly.

The marxist's hate prosperous black people...specially us redneck cowboys

Milosia

Only the confederate ones. Robert e lee was a traitor and should have been hung.

Milosia

Don’t try to mix apples and oranges here with your inflammatory rubbish.
Robert E Lee was a traitor to the a United States and should have been hung.
Why would anyone want a statue of a traitor to the United States??

maryla

No, absolutely not!!! But I do still have high hopes that President Trump can step in and stop this silly destruction.

Milosia

DaWg44

You are an uneducated pest.

Simple Sam Loc: USA

I suppose by strict definition all Confederates committed treason.

steve66613

Another is the Buffalo Soldiers Monument in Leavenworth, Ks.

Or, how about the traveling displays of the Tuskegee Airmen?

steve66613

You have stepped in your own excrement on this one.

Nearly a quarter million soldiers died, on the Confederate side. That means millions of people honor their ancestors because those ancestors fought for what they believed in.....a noble, honorable thing to do. They fought for their home, their way if life and their brothers-in-arms.

steve66613

No treason in fighting against GOVERNMENTAL OVERREACH!