It's about statues of Confederate generals

[AverageOldGuy]

Last weekend, the city of Charlottesville VA removed the statues of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

All the activity was recorded on video by news media, professionals, and amateurs alike -- dismantling the statues; loading them onto flatbed trailers; and, driving them away for storage.

One individual made video of the Lee statue passing his home. He then interposed on the video a few seconds of the fiddle tune "Ashokan Farewell" -- the theme music from the Ken Burns PBS special on the Civil War.

I've been watching this video over and over and can't seem to get away from it . . . . on a quiet residential street of a Southern city, an old, faded statue of Lee, strapped onto a flatbed truck, no cheering crowds, no demonstrations, just an old piece of bronze from days long gone, headed for its final resting place. Seems to me there's a longer story in here somewhere.

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[marble falls]

1. Maybe even a shorter story instead. Why should picking up litter and cleaning trash ...

... from a public space require a bigger story? We're finally getting the ashes hauled.

The world does not need any more monuments venerating hateful times and hateful people. Now, there's the bigger story.