Confederate memorials being removed at Wisconsin cemetery
Source: Associated Press
Ivan Moreno, Associated Press
Updated 3:18 pm, Thursday, August 17, 2017
MILWAUKEE (AP) The mayor in traditionally liberal Madison, Wisconsin, has ordered the removal of a cemetery's monuments to Confederate soldiers, saying the Civil War was "a defense of the deplorable practice of slavery" and "an act of insurrection and treason."
One of them, a plaque called "Confederate Rest" that lauds the Confederate soldiers buried at the Forest Hill Cemetery as "valiant," was taken down Wednesday. The other, a large stone monument that lists the names of the soldiers, will require heavy machinery to be removed, Mayor Paul Soglin told The Associated Press on Thursday.
"We will reinstall a proper marker with their names but one that does not speak of the Civil War as an act of heroics by the Confederate insurrection," Soglin said.
His decision to have the monuments taken down comes as cities nationwide are removing Confederacy-related ones following last weekend's deadly confrontations at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Wisconsin-mayor-orders-removal-of-Confederate-11862816.php
sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)their rebellion.
certainot
(9,090 posts)on WIBA working against this this mormning
and without the badgers to help the station bring in advertising he'd be doing sports talk.....
riversedge
(70,306 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)mckenna and dan something in the morning along with the national 'talent'
dan something(former NY cop) really goes after the 'commie' radical democrat, liberal, left, professor, student, etc
commie this commie that and as a local depends heavily UW to keep broadcasting sports on his station. all UW'd have to do is think about looking for alternatives (they broadcast on 5 limbaugh and 3 hannity stations) and some of those stations would have to find other programming.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Aristus
(66,465 posts)Are Wisconsinites unaware that Wisconsin was (and is) part of the Union, and fought against the Confederacy?
riversedge
(70,306 posts)and died here. Lots died during their imprisonment. Many arrived with festering woulds and gun shot wounds. Shipping bodies barely was feasible in time of war. So buried here.
Medicine as we know it now barely existed back then. Anyway, there was a brief segment on NPR-Wis public radio about this a few days ago (think it was npr but not sure).
Aristus
(66,465 posts)dalton99a
(81,598 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)We can offer the bodies to the families if known to bury on private land, if not claimed grind them up into kitty litter or something.
Everywhere...
obamanut2012
(26,142 posts)God.
Yeah, desecrating bodies is something we should advocate and endorse.
oneshooter
(8,614 posts)That have advocated the bulldozing of ALL Confederate graves.
jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)There's no need for any civilized society to remember the names of those who fought to destroy it and keep people enslaved, is there?
liquid diamond
(1,917 posts)AllyCat
(16,226 posts)We bury and respect our dead, no matter how much or little we respect their actions in life.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)What specifically leads you to that particular premise?
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)Get things off government property. Leave the dead in peace.
Leave the departed alone!
Daddio7
(7 posts)While there was much talk about racism during the Clinton and Obama administrations after just seven months in office Trumps actions lead to the eradication of Confederate monuments from public view. We expect more great things from Trump's first term.
pnwmom
(108,995 posts)Oneironaut
(5,524 posts)Removing cemetery monuments is in very bad taste, if not absurd.