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jcmaine72

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16. Illegally seized? The way Fort Sumpter was?

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 04:39 PM

Dec 2019

No, the government had every right to take Lee's luxurious digs away from him the instant he pledged loyalty to an enemy government and began killing Americans, just as the government reserves the right today to seize a drug lab or storefront where human sex trafficking is occurring.

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Are there any Imperial Japanese or Wehrmacht soldiers buried at Arlington? [View all] jcmaine72 Dec 2019 OP

well, Arlington was aquired from the property of Robert E. Lee when it was seized hlthe2b Dec 2019 #1

But Robert E. Lee was a traitor as well and responsible for the deaths jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #5

Read the rest of my post. A court later found the property was illegally seized. hlthe2b Dec 2019 #8

Thank you. cwydro Dec 2019 #13

Illegally seized? The way Fort Sumpter was? jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #16

A US Court decades later. Do some research. You are intensely in need of some historical reading. hlthe2b Dec 2019 #17

US courts also legally sanctioned Jim Crow at the time, so do some research of your own. jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #27

I already have for decades. hlthe2b Dec 2019 #29

Lee is NOT buried at Arlington. hlthe2b Dec 2019 #10

Read my post carefully. I wrote as much. jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #14

You wrote:"As for Lee himself, his remains should have no more place in that cemetery than Heinz..." hlthe2b Dec 2019 #15

You obviously stopped reading at that point, because I wrote this in the next sentence: jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #19

You should apologize. panader0 Dec 2019 #30

For what, being factually correct? jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #35

No, for being so snide to a long time and respected member of DU. panader0 Dec 2019 #38

And yet, the long time member had already said to them "read the rest of my post" muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #43

Are you joking? jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #44

Link on Confederate section of Arlington Thomas Hurt Dec 2019 #2

Anton Hilberath Recursion Dec 2019 #3

It came out of legislation passed by Congress in 1900. NutmegYankee Dec 2019 #4

There is a Wehrmacht Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery Jake Stern Dec 2019 #6

But there isn't a memorial to Nazi Germany above his grave like there is jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #9

A German flag I think but that's it Jake Stern Dec 2019 #41

I'm not crazy about the idea of traitorous soldiers lying in a place of honor, Aristus Dec 2019 #7

Exactly. hlthe2b Dec 2019 #11

They don't belong there and it borders on desecration to have a Confederate memorial in jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #12

I agree. Ditch the memorial. Aristus Dec 2019 #18

"Cracker asses?" cwydro Dec 2019 #26

First of all, I am Southern-born, along with my entire family. Aristus Dec 2019 #28

Funny that. cwydro Dec 2019 #33

One always has a choice. Aristus Dec 2019 #39

So...you want them all disinterred and tossed in a pile somewhere? cwydro Dec 2019 #20

Did I write that their remains should be plowed up and placed in a pile? jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #23

So you do want them disinterred. cwydro Dec 2019 #24

I said reburied elsewhere. That's pretty clear, right? jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #31

Wow! I'm thinking that it takes a lot of anger tavernier Dec 2019 #21

Seems to be an obsession... hlthe2b Dec 2019 #22

You said it so much better than I. cwydro Dec 2019 #25

Information about Confederate Soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetary onenote Dec 2019 #32

So how do you feel about reparations for Black people? ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #34

I'm in favor of reparations. jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #36

Yes, Lauri Torni, AKA Larry Thorne. Jchall2000 Dec 2019 #37

Leave the dead JustAnotherGen Dec 2019 #40

If it means so much to you, take action. Kaleva Dec 2019 #42

Yes. As mentioned above, Lauri Torni, a former member of the Waffen SS, is buried there. Kaleva Dec 2019 #45