Statues
Statues Tonight, I was thinking a bit about the controversial statues in the United States regarding commemoration of Confederate Civil War Leaders. There have been many stories regarding this controversy in the media lately. Mayor Landrieu in New Orleans took down several statues of Confederate generals, one of whom was even tied to the city of New Orleans directly. The protestation towards this decision grew so vehemently that the decision was made to quietly remove the statues at night. The statues were not destroyed but stored for safekeeping until a decision can be made as to how to display them in a less prominent way. The recent White Supremacist parade in Charlottesville, VA were initiated by a decision to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee from a park there. The Neo-Nazi parade chanted against people of color and Jews. The protesters protesting the White Supremacists had a member of their group murdered by a man running a car in to the crowd. President Trump e