#confederate traitors

[eopederson]

Confederate Monument About to be Decommissioned, Fairfax County, Virginia, 2020.

The county commissioners have voted to remove this monument and the cannon next to it, fixtures on a corner where two major highways intersect. Standing in front of the old county courthouse, the monument is very close to sites where battles took place between the Confederate terrorists and Union Troops, and many of the more famous Union military and Confederate traitors passed by this site as control of Fairfax City and the courthouse was a major objective of both sides. Unlike most such monuments, this one does not include a statue.

[dragoni]

"Don't tell black people to get over slavery when you still haven't gotten over losing your slaves"

The Confederates were and will always be traitors.  #TrumpBase   #GOPBase  #Insurrectionists  #TrumpCoup  #DomesticTerrorists #MAGATerrorists  #OverturnElection  #GOVERNMENTOVERTHROW #TREASON

[eopederson]

Confederate Statue, King William County Courthouse, West Point, Virginia, 1987.

There is a movement in Virginia to remove monuments to the Confederate traitors and terrorists. Removal is at the option of the county (or independent city), and  I do not know if it has happened or is planned in King William County.

[efabuloushb]

A tale of two pictures

A tale of two pictures

Disclaimer: Black Americans saw this coming a mile away and they told y’all they were planning to do something, but hey YOLO – seem like this was an inside job. A coup. Collusion. Just the 6th day of the New Year. Look at this picture. Bonkers, right? This is white America, tried and true. Violent, relentless, idiotically trying to negotiate with whiteness run amok. These f*cktards are trying…

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[tjeromebaker]

General David Petraeus: "Remove the Names of Confederate Traitors Like Benning, Bragg, Lee, Polk, Gordon, Beauregard, Pickett, Rucker, Hood, and Hill From Our Army Bases

General David Petraeus: “Remove the Names of Confederate Traitors Like Benning, Bragg, Lee, Polk, Gordon, Beauregard, Pickett, Rucker, Hood, and Hill From Our Army Bases

Source: The Atlantic

by David Petraeus Retired U.S. Army general and former CIA director

It is time to remove the names of traitors like Benning and Bragg from our country’s most important military installations.

As I have watched Confederate monuments being removed by state and local governments, and sometimes by the forceful will of the American people, the fact that 10 U.S. Army…

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[colleenchesebro]

"Stone Ghosts" - A #ButterflyCinquain

“Stone Ghosts” – A #ButterflyCinquain

Image by JamesDeMers from Pixabay “Stone Ghosts”

stone ghosts— the false idols of a treasonous past dedicated to slavery hateful tokens of white supremacy the darkness of death waits— Patriarchy shattered

©2020 Colleen M. Chesebro

Today, I heard the phrase, “stone ghosts” and felt compelled to put pen to paper (or fingers to the keyboard). The name resonated and touched a chord deep within my…

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[eideard]

Stonewall Jackson’s grandsons say, “The monuments must go.”

Stonewall Jackson’s grandsons say, “The monuments must go.”

An open letter from the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson. ❝ Dear Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and members of the Monument Avenue Commission, We are native Richmonders and also the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson. As two of the closest living relatives to Stonewall, we are writing today to ask for the removal of his statue, as well as the removal of all Confederate statues from…

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