Original article from: USA Today
A crowd cheered Saturday as workers in Charlottesville removed a Confederate statue near the site of a violent white nationalist rally three years ago.
The removal of a bronze figure of a Confederate soldier known as “At Ready” is seen in Charlottesville as a milestone in eliminating divisive symbols of the Civil War.
The Washington Post reports that the process of removing the statue began Saturday morning as workers affixed straps to the 900-pound statute to prepare to remove it from its base.
LEFT VIEWPOINTS
- Most of the Confederate statues were erected during times when there was a lot of racial unrest. When the Supreme Court case, Plessy vs Ferguson was being decided, many Confederate statues were erected.
- Many more were erected during Brown vs Board of Education.
- Confederate statues weren’t erected for historical reasons. They were erected to provoke Progressives who fought for civil rights.
To truly understand the issues behind the Confederate statues, it’s critical to know the history of how and why they were erected. The following video is perhaps the best presentation ever given that explains why Confederate monuments should be removed.