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Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 10, 2021, 08:57 AM

Jul 2021

Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC 42m
Enslaved human beings on General Robert E. Lee’s Virginia estate, which is now Arlington National Cemetery:

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Good Riddance Robert E Lee [View all] malaise Jul 2021 OP

The myth of the Kind Robert E. Lee ... marble falls Jul 2021 #1

Thanks for this malaise Jul 2021 #3

There's more. Lee was a dispicable man. He left quite a legacy the South ignores. marble falls Jul 2021 #5

He attended West Point. Finished 2nd in his class in 1829. AZ8theist Jul 2021 #18

yep bigtree Jul 2021 #12

Thank you. Solly Mack Jul 2021 #16

The traitors of Jan 6 should have been wnylib Jul 2021 #38

Some more heartwarming good ol' Massa Robert E. Lee fun facts ... marble falls Jul 2021 #43

Charlottesville. The Richmond statue is still waiting a ruling from Goodheart Jul 2021 #2

Yes malaise Jul 2021 #4

I'm still shocked at how easily the other statues came down. underpants Jul 2021 #6

I know. I just recently moved away from Richmond. Lived on Boulevard. Goodheart Jul 2021 #8

Most of what they believe is as real as the Flintstones living with malaise Jul 2021 #11

Yeah but they REALLY believe it underpants Jul 2021 #23

We humans are gullible folks malaise Jul 2021 #25

OMG! I'd forgotten about that wnylib Jul 2021 #39

Indeed malaise Jul 2021 #52

I've got underwear that lasted longer than the Confederacy. panader0 Jul 2021 #7

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Jul 2021 #15

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! AZ8theist Jul 2021 #19

I'm wearing shirts regularly I inherited from my dad in '98 ... marble falls Jul 2021 #33

I was taught a lie. CTyankee Jul 2021 #9

What an amazing story malaise Jul 2021 #17

There's a very good long article hiding in there. I'd sure like to read it. marble falls Jul 2021 #29

That's basically the story. I guess I should tell my grown kids. I've told them the stories on both CTyankee Jul 2021 #44

I pray your grand kids get to learn about it in history classes and not on the latest breaking news. marble falls Jul 2021 #46

Three are in/graduated from liberal arts colleges in the Northeast. CTyankee Jul 2021 #47

It has been four years we've been at this Yonnie3 Jul 2021 #10

Yes indeed malaise Jul 2021 #45

This song lyric makes more sense now cojoel Jul 2021 #13

Great post malaise Jul 2021 #20

Lee was a traitor PJMcK Jul 2021 #14

You are correct malaise Jul 2021 #21

"Mississippi even has the Confederate flag on its state flag!" BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #36

Thanks, I didn't know that PJMcK Jul 2021 #50

One thing I laugh about with respect to their flag was one of the entries for consideration BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #51

The South has changed. multigraincracker Jul 2021 #22

I like that PJMcK Jul 2021 #31

The shit is off the pedestal and on a truck to be hauled away BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #24

Thanks for these malaise Jul 2021 #26

Perfect!!! BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #32

That headline may soon apply here in Jax Fritz Walter Jul 2021 #27

Great news malaise Jul 2021 #28

Update! Fritz Walter Jul 2021 #42

Photos, video here AverageOldGuy Jul 2021 #30

Please add the link malaise Jul 2021 #35

He did an LBN OP on it --here are the links in that BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #40

Thanks malaise Jul 2021 #41

He had the chance to command Lincoln's Union Army. Paladin Jul 2021 #34

Gone and driven away. BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #37

Throw that shit in the trash. dalton99a Jul 2021 #48

I thought they took the statue down 4 years ago Rexdon Jul 2021 #49

Good riddance LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #53

Lee should have been hung at Appomattox. The Jungle 1 Jul 2021 #54