Licensed Guides at Gettysburg raise alarm of "major threat" to Civil War monuments

[rangerrebew]

Licensed Guides at Gettysburg raise alarm of "major threat" to Civil War monuments

 

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The Licensed Battlefield Guides at Gettysburg are raising the alarm over a recent vote in the U.S. House of Representatives that would remove Civil War monuments from federal parks nationwide.

The decision by the U.S. House would have all Confederate monuments, statues and "commemorative placards" removed from Gettysburg National Military Park.

“We urge the U.S. Senate to strip out this provision that would destroy the unequaled collection of monuments, Union and Confederate, that set Gettysburg apart as a great battlefield park and a top visitor destination,” said Les Fowler, president of the Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides.

https://local21news.com/news/local/licensed-guides-at-gettysburg-raise-alarm-of-major-threat-to-civil-war-monuments

[catfish1957]

I am beyond words.....   

[Wingnut]

The US House no longer represents the citizens of the United States.

[Fishrrman]

You could see this one coming from months ago.
Cleansing Gettysburg of the Confederate monuments is the logical end of the removal of icons that represent (and celebrate) the old South...

[mountaineer]

I shudder to think of what might happen at all of the civil war battlefields - especially the "big" ones like Gettysburg, but all of them.

[EdinVA]

This is DOA.... It is time for pelosi to go back to whatever rock she crawled out from under..

[sneakypete]

The US House no longer represents the citizens of the United States.

@Wingnut

I am a geezer,and sadly,I can't remember a time when it did.

[catfish1957]

@Wingnut

I am a geezer,and sadly,I can't remember a time when it did.

I am a huge Jimmy Stewart fan, and his Jefferson  Smith (Mr Smith)  role is one of my favorites.  IF there was any truth in the Capra narrative, politico low lifes en-masse at least extend back to the 1930's.

[mountaineer]

We were planning to visit several battlefields in VA this year, but the virus has most places shut down. Maybe we still can go to Droop Mountain, where my ancestors fought. If there are any monuments there to southern soldiers, like my gr-gr-grandfathers, don't tell Pelosi.

[sneakypete]

 

We were planning to visit several battlefields in VA this year, but the virus has most places shut down. Maybe we still can go to Droop Mountain, where my ancestors fought. If there are any monuments there to southern soldiers, like my gr-gr-grandfathers, don't tell Pelosi.

@mountaineer

There used to be a couple of graveyards for black Confederate soldiers somewhere in the "Tidewater Virginia" area,but I can't remember which specific city now,and I suspect they were removed in the last couple of decades because they disproved the narrative about the war being about slavery.

Still,you might send a few emails to the cities in that area and ask them. Portsmouth would probably be  a waste of time because I THINK I read the city is being ran by "professional black victums" now. They probably wouldn't answer.