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14. I've seen that monument.

Wed Jun 10, 2020, 10:00 PM

Jun 2020

Just down the street from a nice German food restaurant.

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OMG watching the statue come down in Richmond [View all] Ex Lurker Jun 2020 OP

Crap! Backseat Driver Jun 2020 #1

I was afraid of that. They were standing in front of it! Dream Girl Jun 2020 #2

That's in Portsmouth, not Richmond. nocoincidences Jun 2020 #3

i'm a portsmouth native CatWoman Jun 2020 #4

I grew up in the 757. NutmegYankee Jun 2020 #16

You two grew up here, nocoincidences Jun 2020 #18

Local coverage is here: nocoincidences Jun 2020 #5

ty homie CatWoman Jun 2020 #6

Most welcome! nocoincidences Jun 2020 #7

.... CatWoman Jun 2020 #8

Most likely it was one of those cheap 1920's Jim Crow warnings. haele Jun 2020 #9

The Daughters of the Confederacy, or granddaughters, put a plaque up applegrove Jun 2020 #10

It was a statue of Columbus DeminPennswoods Jun 2020 #11

That sounds suspiciously like All Lives Matter Ex Lurker Jun 2020 #12

Please... DeminPennswoods Jun 2020 #23

Ah, my error. haele Jun 2020 #13

That is the way I understand it DeminPennswoods Jun 2020 #26

He has literally zero importance to Italoan-Americans obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #22

Both my great grandparents and DeminPennswoods Jun 2020 #24

Columbus commited genocide. Some folks are still upset about that. TeamPooka Jun 2020 #19

Italian-Americans were not sent to camps, stop this misinformation obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #21

They were indeed DeminPennswoods Jun 2020 #25

I've seen that monument. NutmegYankee Jun 2020 #14

Looks like it hit his head ansible Jun 2020 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Retrograde Jun 2020 #17