Richmond is taking down Confederate statues: Is this the end for other Confederate memorials?

[AM64]

Pentagon Spends $21M On Confederate Base Renamings

WASHINGTON – The Defense Department is shelling out $21 million on what critics argue seems to be the BIden military’s most pressing issue – renaming bases that offend the left.

In 90 days, nine Army bases long named for Confederate generals will “immediately” begin swapping to more palatable-to-the-woke-crowd labels such as “Fort Liberty” – in a move that will cost more than $21 million.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday ordered the Army to begin renaming nine bases selected for the change by an independent commission after a congressionally mandated 90-day wait period expires.

Army and Pentagon leaders began considering stripping bases of Confederate-linked names in 2020 during the nationwide racial riots after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, a black man under arrest on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill.

Pentagon spends $21M on Confederate base renamings

Regardless of what they do, my basic training was at Ft Benning ... and that's the way it will always be. Infantry AIT was at Ft Dix - I've actually never cared enough to bother to see who Dix and Benning were. My radar school was at Redstone Arsenal - I don't know but that sounds a little iffy ... like too close to redskin perhaps. If we are going to play this stupid game, then sanity says don't name places or buildings for people period. Why would a place named after Ted Kennedy be appropriate for example? Revisionism often says a lot of people aren't who older generations thought they were. So who's right? New people who rely on stuff a new guy conjured up (upon further review) or people around during the time?

As far as the Confederacy goes, we as a people were more beholden to states than a federal government, people chose sides, military officers in the US military resigned to to support their states; it's that simple. We as a nation had a disagreement, and with few exceptions all who fought were patriots, but not all were on the winning side. Any number of Confederate generals had served valiantly in prior conflict side by side with Union generals before the civil war divided the states.

What a way to waste $21M.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Regardless of what they do, my basic training was at Ft Benning ... and that's the way it will always be. Infantry AIT was at Ft Dix - I've actually never cared enough to bother to see who Dix and Benning were. My radar school was at Redstone Arsenal - I don't know but that sounds a little iffy ... like too close to redskin perhaps. If we are going to play this stupid game, then sanity says don't name places or buildings for people period. Why would a place named after Ted Kennedy be appropriate for example? Revisionism often says a lot of people aren't who older generations thought they were. So who's right? New people who rely on stuff a new guy conjured up (upon further review) or people around during the time?

As far as the Confederacy goes, we as a people were more beholden to states than a federal government, people chose sides, military officers in the US military resigned to to support their states; it's that simple. We as a nation had a disagreement, and with few exceptions all who fought were patriots, but not all were on the winning side. Any number of Confederate generals had served valiantly in prior conflict side by side with Union generals before the civil war divided the states.

What a way to waste $21M.

Not just before but after the war. As well.

Confederate General Joseph Wheeler was Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders commanding general during the Spanish American War.

 

[lukeneyland]

The bases were established and named not so long after the war. Naming them after local heroes was a way to boost acceptance of the bases, or so I've been told. The government grabbing all that land wasn't popular.

It seems like a way to make Southerners want to be a part of the army again.

 

[AirVol]

When does JMU James Madison University change its name. He owned over 100 slaves including children. The left is so hypocritical.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

West Point military academy is starting to remove ALL Confederate statues and symbols from its campus - including a portrait and stone bust of Gen. Robert E. Lee

West Point military academy is beginning the process of removing all Confederate imagery from its campus, including a prominent stone bust and portrait of General Robert E. Lee.

The school began what it described as a 'multi-phased process' of removing or modifying the items during its holiday break this month. Any objects taken down will be placed in storage for the time being.

The painting of Robert E. Lee which is being removed from West Point military academy

West Point military academy to remove ALL Confederate imagery, beginning with Robert E. Lee portrait | Daily Mail Online

 

[Wireless1]

West Point military academy is starting to remove ALL Confederate statues and symbols from its campus - including a portrait and stone bust of Gen. Robert E. Lee

West Point military academy is beginning the process of removing all Confederate imagery from its campus, including a prominent stone bust and portrait of General Robert E. Lee.

The school began what it described as a 'multi-phased process' of removing or modifying the items during its holiday break this month. Any objects taken down will be placed in storage for the time being.

The painting of Robert E. Lee which is being removed from West Point military academy

West Point military academy to remove ALL Confederate imagery, beginning with Robert E. Lee portrait | Daily Mail Online

Is the line “those who forget history are doomed to repeat it?” Is our military setting up for another civil war?

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Woke Pentagon Seeks to Desecrate Arlington's Confederate Memorial

The chief of the National Sons of Confederate Veterans heritage operations told RedState he urges his members and supporters to comment at Wednesday’s virtual hearing hosted by Arlington National Cemetery regarding the woke Pentagon-recommended removal of the Confederate Memorial.

“That hearing, it’s part of their environmental impact study, and they're having to give people give their opinion about whether or not is advantageous or disadvantageous to take that monument down,” said James Ronald Kennedy, who with his brother Walter Donald Kennedy, wrote the book “Jefferson Davis: High Road to Emancipation and Constitutional Government.”

“We, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, have a suit that we filed to try to prevent it,” Kennedy said. “That’s sort like the Ukrainians going into the courts of the Soviet Union expecting to get a fair hearing.”

President Donald J. Trump vetoed the fiscal year 2021 Pentagon budget because it included the Naming Commission, but his veto was overridden.

In the commission’s third and final report, the panel recommended that the Army, which runs the cemetery, strip the monument of its bronze, including the 32 figures, the plaques honoring the 14 states who sent soldiers to fight for the Confederacy and the large female figure holding the wreath of olive branches at the top.

There is also a recommendation to destroy the bronze work created by sculptor Moses Ezekiel. All that would remain would be the granite base with educational signage. Congress specifically put grave markers outside the commission’s remit, so while the artwork is removed, the grave marker function of the memorial’s base remains.

The first is that it commemorates the more than 400 Confederate soldiers and their wives laid to rest at Section 16, along with all the other Southern soldiers who never returned home, buried in unmarked graves scattered all over the South, he said.

Woke Pentagon Seeks to Desecrate Arlington's Confederate Memorial

 

[FortSanders]

This is very sad. Our forebears gave all they had to defend their homes from desecration and destruction.

 

[creekdipper]

One would think they'd want to change the name of Fort Dix...just because.

 

[AM64]

One would think they'd want to change the name of Fort Dix...just because.

I had Basic Training at Ft Benning and Infantry AIT at Ft Dix. Funny thing is I never cared who Benning and Dix were (or really enough to find out)... and still don't. I've always figured it was just a matter of time before a namesake (or historians) either disgraces himself/herself or people decide to believe they were evil ... especially the way the woke world goes. I did actually know who McGuire AFB just across the way was named for years before I was stationed at Ft Dix. Tom McGuire and Dick Bong were neck and neck in the lead as the AF top ace in WW2 at the time McGuire was killed. He preached to all the guys in his squadron about low airspeed and turns - especially at low altitude. Ironically he tried to save his wingman by turning while too slow and too low and entered an unrecoverable spin - it says a lot when one person willingly and knowingly risks his life to save that of another.

 

[LadyVolette]

Woke Pentagon Seeks to Desecrate Arlington's Confederate Memorial

The chief of the National Sons of Confederate Veterans heritage operations told RedState he urges his members and supporters to comment at Wednesday’s virtual hearing hosted by Arlington National Cemetery regarding the woke Pentagon-recommended removal of the Confederate Memorial.

“That hearing, it’s part of their environmental impact study, and they're having to give people give their opinion about whether or not is advantageous or disadvantageous to take that monument down,” said James Ronald Kennedy, who with his brother Walter Donald Kennedy, wrote the book “Jefferson Davis: High Road to Emancipation and Constitutional Government.”

“We, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, have a suit that we filed to try to prevent it,” Kennedy said. “That’s sort like the Ukrainians going into the courts of the Soviet Union expecting to get a fair hearing.”

President Donald J. Trump vetoed the fiscal year 2021 Pentagon budget because it included the Naming Commission, but his veto was overridden.

In the commission’s third and final report, the panel recommended that the Army, which runs the cemetery, strip the monument of its bronze, including the 32 figures, the plaques honoring the 14 states who sent soldiers to fight for the Confederacy and the large female figure holding the wreath of olive branches at the top.

There is also a recommendation to destroy the bronze work created by sculptor Moses Ezekiel. All that would remain would be the granite base with educational signage. Congress specifically put grave markers outside the commission’s remit, so while the artwork is removed, the grave marker function of the memorial’s base remains.

The first is that it commemorates the more than 400 Confederate soldiers and their wives laid to rest at Section 16, along with all the other Southern soldiers who never returned home, buried in unmarked graves scattered all over the South, he said.

Woke Pentagon Seeks to Desecrate Arlington's Confederate Memorial

As much as they are attempting to do it, you can’t wipe out history.. it all still happened, and I think tearing things up just brings the feelings that had been buried or healed back up again, (from all groups if we are being honest).. ultimately helping no one.. those people are all dead, let them have their dignity

 

[EasternVol]

Woke Pentagon Seeks to Desecrate Arlington's Confederate Memorial

The chief of the National Sons of Confederate Veterans heritage operations told RedState he urges his members and supporters to comment at Wednesday’s virtual hearing hosted by Arlington National Cemetery regarding the woke Pentagon-recommended removal of the Confederate Memorial.

“That hearing, it’s part of their environmental impact study, and they're having to give people give their opinion about whether or not is advantageous or disadvantageous to take that monument down,” said James Ronald Kennedy, who with his brother Walter Donald Kennedy, wrote the book “Jefferson Davis: High Road to Emancipation and Constitutional Government.”

“We, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, have a suit that we filed to try to prevent it,” Kennedy said. “That’s sort like the Ukrainians going into the courts of the Soviet Union expecting to get a fair hearing.”

President Donald J. Trump vetoed the fiscal year 2021 Pentagon budget because it included the Naming Commission, but his veto was overridden.

In the commission’s third and final report, the panel recommended that the Army, which runs the cemetery, strip the monument of its bronze, including the 32 figures, the plaques honoring the 14 states who sent soldiers to fight for the Confederacy and the large female figure holding the wreath of olive branches at the top.

There is also a recommendation to destroy the bronze work created by sculptor Moses Ezekiel. All that would remain would be the granite base with educational signage. Congress specifically put grave markers outside the commission’s remit, so while the artwork is removed, the grave marker function of the memorial’s base remains.

The first is that it commemorates the more than 400 Confederate soldiers and their wives laid to rest at Section 16, along with all the other Southern soldiers who never returned home, buried in unmarked graves scattered all over the South, he said.

Woke Pentagon Seeks to Desecrate Arlington's Confederate Memorial

That's a small minded counterproductive despicable thing to do. This administration has far too many idiot zealots in positions of authority.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Confederate Memorial in Arlington Cemetery is REMOVED after judge lifts restraining order that barred it from being taken down​

A federal judge has allowed the Arlington National Cemetery to remove a century-old Confederate memorial just a day after blocking it over concerns that gravesites were disturbed.

US District Judge Rossie Alston issued a temporary injunction Monday after receiving an urgent phone call from the memorial's supporters saying that gravesites were being desecrated as contractors began work to remove it.

But he toured the site and saw it being treated respectfully and allowed for the Confederate memorial to be removed on Tuesday.

Confederate memorial in Arlington REMOVED after judge lifts order

A federal judge has allowed the Arlington National Cemetery to remove a century-old Confederate memorial just a day after blocking it over concerns that gravesites were disturbed.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Franklin Pierce]

In a violent rampage through a museum in Mosul, Islamic State militants knocked statues to the floor, using sledgehammers and even a jackhammer to reduce ancient artifacts and some replicas -- representing idols that past cultures worshipped -- to rubble. Bernard Haykel of Princeton University and Michael Danti of Boston University join Jeffrey Brown to discuss the significance of the latest video.

What Islamic State gains by destroying antiquities in Iraq

In a violent rampage through a museum in Mosul, Islamic State militants knocked statues to the floor, using sledgehammers and even a jackhammer to reduce ancient artifacts and some replicas -- representing idols that past cultures worshipped -- to rubble. Bernard Haykel of Princeton University...

www.pbs.org

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Democrat Jacksonville Mayor Celebrates Removal of Confederate Statue​

The newly elected Democrat mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, celebrated the removal of a Confederate statue in the city, which was officially gone before noon Wednesday.

Democrat Mayor Donna Deegan, who won her mayoral bid in May, celebrated the removal of the statue in Springfield Park, formally known as Confederate Park. The monument in question, “In Memory of Our Women of the Southland,” depicts a mother with her two children at her side, looking down at a book upon her lap. It was erected in October 1915.

The Democrat mayor, who said during her time on the campaign trail that she would remove Confederate monuments, contended that she is not trying to “erase history” with the statue’s removal.

The $187,000 statue removal is being funded by the grant via the Jessie Ball duPont Fund and anonymous donors to the leftist organization 904WARD, which aims to put an “end to racism in Jacksonville.”

Democrat Jacksonville Mayor Celebrates Removal of Confederate Statue

The newly-elected Democrat mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, celebrated the removal of a Confederate statue in the city.

www.breitbart.com