Virginia Confederate monuments likely headed to black history museum

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Virginia Confederate monuments likely headed to black history museum

30 December 2021

Confederate monuments taken down in Richmond, Virginia, will likely be moved to a black history museum and cultural centre, officials have said.

An imposing statue of Confederate general Robert E Lee that was removed in September is expected to be among the monuments being transferred.

Memorials to leaders of the pro-slavery, Confederate states in the southern US have been controversial.

A community-led process will decide the fate of the memorials, officials say.

As part of the plan announced on Thursday by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, the monuments will be handed over to the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia (BHMVA).

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59833150

[Omnipresent]

1. If they can't be melted down....

Can we at least commission an artist to paint large amounts of bird droppings onto the heads and bodies of those statues?

In that way we could proclaim, “We want to preserve these Historical statues for all time”. chuckle:

[underpants]

2. Oh that's brutal. Hilarious but brutal.

I want to see the monument!

It’s in the back there. You just have to walk past the rest of the exhibit.

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[WarGamer]

3. Northam is Governor for what... 5 more minutes?

I wonder if Youngkin will go full "rebel" and reverse things like this?