Commissioner's call for Confederate statues to come down at Gettysburg Nat'l Park raises controversy
Adams Co Commissioner Marty Qually says his post wasn't about the statues, as much as the reaction they garner
Author: Jamie Bittner (FOX43)
Published: 5:04 PM EDT July 10, 2020
Updated: 6:22 PM EDT July 10, 2020
An Adams County commissioner is speaking out after his online post calling for Confederate statues to come down in Gettysburg National Park garnered controversy.
"My concern is not the monuments themselves. I don’t think you take down some monuments and racism in America goes away, " said Marty Qually, who later added "it's not the statue, it's the reaction."
Qually said he's not trying to erase history. But, he pointed to problems stemming from when counterprotesters showed up at Gettysburg over July 4th weekend in response to rumors of an ANTIFA flag burning spread online. Qually called the flag burning rumors an 'obvious hoax.'
https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/commissioner-calls-for-gettysburg-statues-to-come-down/521-5d595a59-9c84-41bb-b960-2aff73ea57ff
