The ugly truth about Confederate memorials

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By Courtland Milloy Columnist April 12 at 4:41 PM

As the city of Alexandria, Va., wrangles over the proper locations for its Confederate memorials, letters are pouring in to keep one Johnny Reb statue right where he is: on a pedestal in the middle of a too-busy intersection ...

The Johnny Reb figure was based on a photograph of a Confederate soldier after the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, Va., in 1865. Some might think that meant the war was over for Johnny.

“This statue, unlike no other, represents peace and the post war reflection of the veterans,” a resident wrote to the advisory group.

The fact is Confederate veterans founded the first-iteration Ku Klux Klan. The group would flourish throughout the United States during the 20th century, becoming terrorists, not peacemakers ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-ugly-truth-about-confederate-memorials/2016/04/12/8372aedc-00b4-11e6-9203-7b8670959b88_story.html

[Kelvin Mace]

1. Never understood memorials for traitors

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2. A very tendentious article which demonstrates more the

biases of the author than any validity of the idea he states.