Confederate statues, flags

should all be taken down

Letters have been published referring to the statues of the Confederate president and generals and the Confederate flag as history. The statues and flag were tributes to those Confederates. Statues and a flag were not meant to recognize history. Tribute means admiration. If statues and the flag were meant to recognize history, why don’t we have the swastika and statues of Adolf Hitler, General Giap, ISIS leaders and others displayed that we have fought against?

To keep tributes to individuals that wanted to perpetuate slavery is insane. Families were broken up and sold off like cattle. Women were raped. Slaves were denied education and the whites that were willing to educate the slaves were subjected to threats of death or prison. Slaves that ran away and were caught were whipped. So were others who did not conform to the wills of their owners. Anyone that is trying to normalize this behavior leaves a lot to be desired.

These statues should be melted down and used to make statues as tributes to civil rights heroes and to show the actions listed above as history to be reminded of. The Civil War is already in history books as well as those who fought to preserve slavery. Cities, states, federal government, universities and descendants of these Confederates have removed statues or Confederate flags, or are in the process of removing Confederate statues or requesting that the statues be removed. They should never have been given the tribute they do not deserve. The sooner they are all gone won’t be soon enough.

Joseph Lamb Sr.


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