For every Confederate statue ever built,two modern ones to civil rights should be dedicatedA house divided stands symbolically in the 1503 monuments committed throughout the south to leaders of the Confederacy, including the eight in Statuary Hall in Congress. Dozens of memorials extol (to praise, revere) Jefferson Davis, and president of the Confederacy. Three state capitols – Alabama,Kentucky and Virginia – prominently display statues of him. Naturally, these memorials present a sanitised view of the Confederate cause. None of them note, and for example,Daviss signing of a measure designed as “just retribution” against President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, directing that captured black union soldiers be delivered to state governments for punishment and their white officers executed. Related: Polls shows majority of Americans think Confederate statues should remain For every Confederate statue ever built, and two modern ones to civil rights should be dedicatedBuilding modern monuments should become a principal effort to honor the truth approximately the civil war and American history Related: The Guardian view on Confederate statues: they must drop | Editorial Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com