Monuments and Myths
 

Ken Burns: Our monuments are representations of myth, not fact
Our most venerated monuments represent a mythology. While we may hope the statue represents our highest aspirations of what America can and should be. It also can be a reminder of where and how far we fall short.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video...6c2_video.html

MBCB Statement on Flag
Mississippi Baptist Convention Board gave a statement on the Mississippi State Flag at a press conference on June 23, 2020.

https://vimeo.com/431964145

“While some may see the current flag as a celebration of heritage, a significant portion of our state sees it as a relic of racism and a symbol of hatred. The racial overtones of this flag’s appearance make this discussion a moral issue.”

Walmart stops displaying the Mississippi state flag in stores because of Confederate flag imagery

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/23/busin...ate/index.html

Why the 'romance' of plantation estates is more dangerous than confederate statues

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...derate-statues

Does Auschwitz still stand? Do people still visit it?

Why is that?

The night they’ll tear old Dixie down
For generations, a single street paying homage to Robert E. Lee and his Confederate allies has upheld Richmond’s racist foundations. Change is coming.

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/21...m-george-floyd

Nazis, again, from you.

Deflection. I did not mention Nazis. I mentioned the preservation of a place where very bad things happened to people at the hands of other people.

The question is, why does it still stand? Why do they not tear it down? Why do they not erase the history?

There Are No Nostalgic Nazi Memorials
Americans could learn from how drastically German society has moved away from the nadir of its history.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...orials/597937/

Some here would, though, obviously. Disgusting.

I seriously doubt that.

They have some civil war memorials here where i live and even have CW re-enactments in Perryville, near where I live. They do historical justice to what was going on on and around the battlefield. It's really quite a thing to experience and I highly recommend it. It was very powerful for me when I first saw it, being from Seattle. But it does not glorify slavery or the battle itself. It was a bloody mess - and that is the story they tell.