Speakers at a Saturday, June 19, rally note the designation of Juneteenth as a federal holiday and urge the Talbot County Council to move the Confederate monument from the courthouse lawn.
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Jane Ann Jones says
No matter what anyone says, history is bloodied, it is evil and it has affected generations of people across the world in different ways. History is not fair. There is absolutely no way, however, that removing a statue makes anything better. Leave things the way they are so people can learn from history and work to ensure that these things don’t happen again.
Deirdre LaMotte says
No. Statuary is an honor to the contribution one made to society. This one on the Talbot Courthouse was erected
to intimidate African Americans and to reaffirm white supremacy. Sorry, but this was a away to gas-light
despicable acts. Nothing else. As I’ve said, how horrible having traitorous ancestors, right?! PTH, really? Just
face facts.
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Paul says
Deirdre, Your proof or any evidence of these accusations against this memorial is non existent.
Propaganda are not facts, just words told with vigor to incite. The end does not justify the means.
Henry Herr says
Paul, I see you have commented more than once about propaganda. Once again, do any accredited historians agree with PTH’s assertions? How can you call your point of view fact when the experts state the contrary?
Stacey Gray says
In war, there is a winning side and a losing side. The confederacy lost, and rightly so. To glorify their existence would be wrong. Do we have a statue of Timothy McVeigh, who committed an act of war/terrorism on the United States of America? No. We executed him. Why do some say that we need these monuments to teach history? Why are so many confederate generals and soldiers given street names and statues? It’s wrong. Some countries know what to do with symbols of hate. In Hamburg Germany, they were excavating to build a new sport complex. They unearthed a 13 by 13 foot swastika. The mayor is quoted as saying, “Throw it away, put it away, destroy it. Where are the jackhammers?”
May the Talbot Boys monument meet the same fate.
— you also will not find statues of Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler, Hess, Eichmann, or Goring scattered all around Berlin and the rest of Germany. Like I said, some countries know what to do with symbols of hate.