As some business owners and residents on King Street described it, “Charleston was raped” on the night of May 30, 2020, as mobs looted and burned the Holy City, turning so-called “peaceful protests” violent. Following numerous calls to remove the John C. Calhoun Monument and repeal the South Carolina Heritage Act, Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg took a resolution to the city council to defy state law and remove the monument. Meanwhile, Democrat state lawmakers encouraged Charleston’s local leaders to tear it down regardless of the state law.
On June 23, the council held an emergency meeting via Zoom and voted unanimously to remove the statue of Calhoun on Marion Square. In the dead of night (at approximately 1:00 a.m. on June 24) crews began working to remove the statue of Calhoun.
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I used to ride my bike past this statue when I was a kid. It's (or it WAS) at the corner of King and Calhoun Streets, across King Street from the Francis Marion Hotel, and just a short bike ride from the Riviera Theater.
ReplyDeleteMr. Marion, being a 1700s white man, was probably a racist, as was Mr. Calhoun.
Come to think of it, every other Southerner living or dead, and anybody related to a Southerner, and anybody who ever flew into the Delta hub at the Atlanta airport, are all racists.
At least, that's the story...
Can you tell I'm disgusted ?
Can you tell I'm disgusted?
DeleteAs am I, needless to say. Take me back to a saner time.