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Rally Marks Juneteenth, Urges Talbot to Move Confederate Monument from Courthouse Lawn

June 21, 2021 by John Griep

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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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John Griep has spent more than 25 years as a reporter and editor covering Talbot County and the Mid-Shore, including county and town governments, courts, police, planning and zoning, business and real estate. Contact him at [email protected].

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  1. Jane Ann Jones says

    June 22, 2021 at 9:44 AM

    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

      June 22, 2021 at 9:09 PM

      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.

      .

      • Paul says

        June 24, 2021 at 8:18 AM

        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

          June 25, 2021 at 6:53 AM

          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

      June 23, 2021 at 6:02 AM

      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.

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