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The South has Risen Again?

Posted on | January 16, 2010 | 4 Comments

I was walking down Monument today only to notice some Civil War reenactors standing guard at the Stonewall Jackson statue in honor of Virginia’s Lee-Jackson Day.

Stonewall

How are you celebrating the holiday?

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4 Responses to “The South has Risen Again?”

  1. Chris Martin
    January 16th, 2010 @ 10:11 pm

    Interesting. When I stood in the same spot with a protest sign, the Richmond Police Department said they would arrest me.

  2. Benjamin
    January 17th, 2010 @ 9:24 pm

    I’ve seen that happen in all of the four years that I have lived here in Richmond. It isn’t something new.

  3. Matt
    January 18th, 2010 @ 8:26 am

    I really find it interesting the tension that surrounds this weekend.

    How do we celebrate the Virginia’s history that is so often associated with something so awful?

    I am not naive enough to say that the Civil War was all about slavery. But I am also not naive enough to say that it didn’t have its role. I think it will always be challenging to do so until true racial reconciliation is realized.

  4. Chris
    January 19th, 2010 @ 8:14 pm

    I have yet to find another country or war in which they lavish such honor upon the loosing general. Cornwallis Day anyone?

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