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Eugene

(61,593 posts)
Sun May 28, 2017, 09:18 PM May 2017

Baltimore could follow New Orleans by removing Confederate statues

Source: The Guardian and agencies

Baltimore could follow New Orleans by removing Confederate statues

Staff and agencies
Sunday 28 May 2017 22.14 BST

The mayor of Baltimore wants to explore the possibility of removing monuments to figures from the Confederacy, “following in the footsteps of New Orleans”.

Catherine Pugh told the Baltimore Sun the city could save money by auctioning off the monuments.

“The city does want to remove these,” Pugh said. “We will take a closer look at how we go about following in the footsteps of New Orleans.”

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A commission appointed by the previous Baltimore mayor recommended removing a monument to Roger B Taney, a Marylander who wrote the 1856 Dred Scott supreme court ruling that denied citizenship to African Americans, and a statue of two Virginians, Confederate generals Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/28/baltimore-remove-confederate-monuments-mayor-new-orleans
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Baltimore could follow New Orleans by removing Confederate statues (Original Post) Eugene May 2017 OP
OK...why are there confederate monuments in Baltimore? bresue May 2017 #1
Technically yes, but... teenagebambam May 2017 #2
Not really. Inly last year they deleted Confederate sympathies Panich52 May 2017 #3
Remove all Confederate statues from every state ProudLib72 May 2017 #4

teenagebambam

(1,592 posts)
2. Technically yes, but...
Sun May 28, 2017, 10:44 PM
May 2017

...was also a slave state. As a "border state" loyal to the Union, Maryland's slaves were not freed under the Emancipation Proclamation.

Sympathies were very divided during the war. I live in rural western Maryland, and society here still bears a lot of that division. It's a very curious place.

Panich52

(5,829 posts)
3. Not really. Inly last year they deleted Confederate sympathies
Mon May 29, 2017, 12:24 AM
May 2017

from state song.

Maryland Moves to Finally Scrub ‘Northern Scum’ From State Song — NBC News 3/17/16

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/maryland-moves-finally-scrub-northern-scum-state-song-n541071

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
4. Remove all Confederate statues from every state
Mon May 29, 2017, 12:28 AM
May 2017

And fuck the deplorables who whine about it. I am eager for the day when little kids ask their parents about the barren plinth and their parents cannot remember whose despicable likeness once resided there.

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