'Silent Sam' Confederate Statue Toppled by Protesters, Univ. of N.C., Chapel Hill

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'Silent Sam' is down: Protesters topple Confederate statue at UNC campus,' Wral News, Aug. 20, 2018. Chapel Hill, N.C.- Protesters on Monday night toppled the controversial "Silent Sam" statue on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. More than 300 protesters first gathered at the Peace & Justice Plaza at about 7 p.m., before marching to the base of the statue, calling for its removal. By 9:30 p.m., the statue was on the ground and the crowd erupted in cheers. "Silent Sam' had been standing on the campus since 1913..https://www.wral.com/-silent-sam-is-down-protesters-topple-confederate-statue-on-unc-campus/17783175/

[pansypoo53219]

1. if you have to remember the civil war, why not old vets shaking hands?

s + n united.

[markpkessinger]

2. I fear that all this accomplishes . . .

. . . . is to give the right ammunition to point to the "vandals" of the left. Look, the statues do need to come down, but not like this.