Madison Mayor orders removal of Confederate monuments

[struggle4progress]

LOGAN WROGE
3 hrs ago

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin has ordered the removal of publicly owned monuments to Confederate soldiers at the Forest Hill Cemetery.

Soglin said in a statement Thursday that he has directed staff to remove a plaque and a stone at the Confederate Rest section of the cemetery, adding "there should be no place in our country for bigotry, hatred or violence against those who seek to unite our communities and our country."

The decision aligns with similar ones throughout the country to remove statues and monuments dedicated to the Confederacy after a violent protest involving neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, left three people dead over the weekend.

A plaque at the Confederate Rest section of the Near West Side cemetery said the more than 100 soldiers ended up buried in Wisconsin after surrendering in a battle and dying at Camp Randall as prisoners of war. It described them as "valiant Confederate soldiers" and "unsung heroes" ...

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[dalton99a]

1. This assault on Wisconsin's Southern heritage must be stopped

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

2. Unsung heroes?

Pretty sure the President of the USA and many, many others have been singing their praises for years and years. Maybe not those specific rebels, but certainly that for which they waged war in the defense of their "right" to enslave other human beings.