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!! Whites learn importance of both Juneteenth and Mt Rushmore within 1 month---THANKS TRUMP!! (Original Post) bobbieinok Jul 2020 OP
Luv it, but safeinOhio Jul 2020 #1
And the history of the Confederate monuments Sanity Claws Jul 2020 #2
You're so right. Real surprised some put up in Jim Crow era bobbieinok Jul 2020 #3
No kidding! I did not know this either. Loving how Trump is helping to educate American on America lettucebe Jul 2020 #5
It's almost like they don't understand Nature Man Jul 2020 #4

Sanity Claws

(22,439 posts)
2. And the history of the Confederate monuments
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 07:10 AM
Jul 2020

and lots of other history hidden from the American public.

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)
3. You're so right. Real surprised some put up in Jim Crow era
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 08:55 AM
Jul 2020

Last edited Sat Jul 4, 2020, 09:26 AM - Edit history (1)

Assumed all were put up just few yrs after Civil War

I had learned somewhere that the confed flag on state flags or on state capitol grounds were put there during the Civil Rights Movement in defiance!

lettucebe

(2,356 posts)
5. No kidding! I did not know this either. Loving how Trump is helping to educate American on America
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 01:38 PM
Jul 2020

Nature Man

(869 posts)
4. It's almost like they don't understand
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 08:58 AM
Jul 2020

that there's an Internet, and that people can research anything they want to find out more about anything.

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