Disgraceful.
President Kenneth P. Ruscio’s announcement Tuesday likely will reverberate among many of the school’s students and alumni who revere the Lexington university’s southern heritage.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Washington and Lee University to remove Confederate flags from Lee Chapel
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Washington and Lee University will remove Confederate flags from its Lee Chapel after a group of black students led protests arguing that the Virginia school was unwelcoming to minorities.
President Kenneth P. Ruscio’s announcement Tuesday likely will reverberate among many of the school’s students and alumni who revere the Lexington university’s southern heritage.
President Kenneth P. Ruscio’s announcement Tuesday likely will reverberate among many of the school’s students and alumni who revere the Lexington university’s southern heritage.
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I do not understand this drive to purge history. North or South, both sides lost thousands of patriots. I live close to the Rock Island Arsenal which was used as a Union prison during the Civil War. On the island is a large confederate cemetery. Those dead are honored the same as every other war veteran there.
ReplyDeleteAgain my question why the purge of history? The Confederate Flags are every bit a part of American history.
Sorry Brock I do not mean to hijack your post.
On a side note if you ever come the Quad-City area you must see the Rock Island Arsenal Museum. The museum is an amazing display of small arms and weapons. Just a few things there to be seen.
M1 75mm Pack Howitzer on M8E1 Mount
M40A1 106mm Recoilless Rifle with 50 caliber spotting rifle
M45 Quadmount "Quad 50" 50 caliber machine gun turret
M-14 conversion display to M-14 Enhanced Battle Rifle (RI)
M65 Atomic Cannon
M198 155mm towed howitzer
M119 105mm towed howitzer
M115 8 inch towed howitzer
Type 59-1 130mm Field Gun (Chinese version of Russian M46)
M22 or T9E1 Locust Light Tank
M4A3 Sherman Medium Tank with battle damage from the Battle of the Bulge in World War II with the 4th Armored Division
M50 Ontos Self-propelled Anti-tank Gun
M51 Skysweeper Towed Anti-aircraft gun
M1 Bofors 40mm Anti-aircraft Gun
D-44 85mm Field Gun
M2A1 105mm Howitzer
XM123A1 Medium Auxiliary Propelled 155mm Howitzer (experimental model of M114 howitzer)
XM124E2 Light Auxiliary Propelled 105mm Howitzer (experimental model of M2 or M101 howitzer)
M114 155mm Howitzer
M2A2 Terra Star Auxiliary Propelled Howitzer with tri-star wheels
Nebelwerfer 41 Multiple Rocket Launcher
XM70E2 Rocket Launcher
M5 3 inch Anti-Tank Gun
M102 Lightweight 105mm Howitzer (Airmobile)
T66 or M16 4.5 inch Multiple Rocket Launcher
M3A1 37mm Anti-tank Gun
M1 57mm Anti-tank Gun
M3 105mm Light Howitzer (Airborne)
M55 Self-propelled 155mm Howitzer
MGR-1 Honest John Surface-to-surface Missile
MGR-3 Little John Surface-to-surface Missile with XM80 launcher
ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" Self-Propelled Anti-aircraft gun
And thousands of other item. Seriously if you like history and especially military history this is a must see. Some great food, some great people please come and enjoy Midwestern hospitality.
Badger
I do not understand this drive to purge history.
DeleteCommies hard at work. Thanks for the invitation and do we get to shoot any......?:)
This is truly a sad moment.
ReplyDeleteHow do we reverse it?
If I were the Lee family, I would have the good General, Traveller and the other relatives removed along with everything possible to Beauvoir.
DeleteAnd benefactors should withold all funding until this injustice is corrected. I believe these students that felt "unwelcome" should attend a differant school if they dont like it. I feel it was more of an issue of forcing their will upon society.
DeleteSeems to me they should be protected by a state historic law that I assume they have, but if not, can't imagine why.
DeleteWhat!? Remind me to shoot those admins if I ever go through there on my way to DC. I'll make it quick. If they ain't already been hung.
ReplyDeleteAnd as a Yankee, even I am offended at this totally PC crapola - Since when do a few paid 'students' get to change history? I hope alumni donations fall to ZERO. Scheech..
ReplyDeleteI hope alumni donations fall to ZERO
DeleteMe too.
I actually had Washington & Lee college as one of my choices to go to after I recently graduated because there is a lot of history there that is of interest to me. This was to be expected though recently many schools across the south are not only being forced to but wanting to get rid of their Confederate imagery all in the name of "progress". One example of this was Ole Miss, it has gone through a lot of changes since back in the day. I wonder what General Robert E. Lee would think of this mess.
ReplyDeleteAppalled at their ignorance, I imagine.
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