Opinion: The Meaning of our Confederate 'Monuments'

Abstract

The United States is beginning to realize that it suffers from deferred maintenance of its own history. Here in Virginia, the city of Charlottesville is preparing to remove and sell its statue of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee. New Orleans is already removing its Confederate statues and “monuments” honoring post-Civil War white supremacists.

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5-15-2017

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Shapiro, Gary. "Opinion: The Meaning of our Confederate 'Monuments'." The New York Times (May 15, 2017).

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