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In reply to the discussion: Here are the Confederate Memorials Getting Removed In US Cities [View all]kwassa
(23,340 posts)20. Maryland, four down, two to go.
In addition, the statue of Roger B. Taney, chief justice responsible for Dred Scott, was removed in Baltimore.
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Baltimore:
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Spirit of the Confederacy), Mount Royal Avenue. Defaced with red paint August 13, 2017. In 2015, defaced with yellow paint saying "black lives matter".[144] Removed August 16, 2017.[145]
Confederate Women's Monument. Charles Street and University Parkway. Removed August 16, 2017.[145]
Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson Monument. In the northwestern sido of the Wyman Park Dell, Charles Village, opposite the Baltimore Museum of Art, and just south of Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University. Removed August 16, 2017.[145]
Easton: "Talbot Boys" monument. Talbot County Courthouse.[146]
Ellicot City: Confederate Memorial
Rockville: Confederate Monument. The monument was removed in July 2017 from its original location outside the Rockville Court House to private land. Date Installed or Dedicated: January 1, 1913.[147]
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Here are the Confederate Memorials Getting Removed In US Cities [View all]
Julian Englis
Aug 2017
OP
Those statues were erected to "show the black man his place," to remind whites of a "glorious" past
Hekate
Aug 2017
#7
Oh but I do care. I think us not staking out a moral position will hurt us more in 2018.
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#40
COLORADO petition to: Remove Sand Creek Massacres' Architect's Statue from State Capitol
CrispyQ
Aug 2017
#3
Sexist too, from the Daughters of the Confederacy no less, barefoot & nipples. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2017
#23
What better time than when black soldiers returned from fighting WWI in Europe on America's ...
Hekate
Aug 2017
#47
I don't understand why Taney had a statue to begin with, or why he's considered "confederate"
Calista241
Aug 2017
#25
WWI was a hundred years ago. African American soldiers were returning home and needed reminding...
Hekate
Aug 2017
#48