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They largely went up in two waves, in the 1890s and the 1960s, as explicit symbols of white supremacy. They were not erected shortly after the war to commemorat
by alew1 9y ago
They largely went up in two waves, in the 1890s and the 1960s, as explicit symbols of white supremacy. They were not erected shortly after the war to commemorate soldiers. They falsely evoke a time right after the war when Southerners held great respect for confederate "heroes," but that's misleading. I was surprised to learn this too.
http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a12015570/confederate-monuments/ http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a12015570/...
https://www.google.com/amp/jezebel.com/confederate-monuments-arent-history-theyre-a-cheap-cul-1797854438/amp https://www.google.com/amp/jezebel.com/confederate-monuments...
- Houshalter 9y agoI don't find these articles terribly convincing. It's typical for monuments to be built decades after the event they commemorate. The world war 2 memorial in DC wasn't built until 2004.
- yrro 9y agoI find it difficult to believe that it's just a coincidence that most of these monuments were erected during the eras of Jim Crow, and then the heyday of the KKK, and later still during the Civil Rights era.
- Houshalter 9y agoThere is basically no correlation whatsoever: https://i.redditmedia.com/IE4gFFzTylcD63F5V9xixn0Nh4ESSuWVoKAVx7i1QMc.jpg?w=1024&s=8d3a6f2ac337efb55ca9494f3bd81a22 https://i.redditmedia.com/IE4gFFzTylcD63F5V9xixn0Nh4ESSuWVoK...
- yrro 9y agoBollocks: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/08/the-real-story-of-all-those-confederate-statues/ http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/08/the-real-story...