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ProudLib72

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3. You've struck on an interesting point

Reply to louis c (Original post)

Sat Oct 21, 2017, 08:01 PM

Oct 2017

Yes, it was treason, but they were pardoned so they could get back to their lives. But what if that treason had been held against them? What if part of the amnesty was an agreement that no monument be made honoring a confederate soldier? Grant was not thinking ahead. Lincoln probably didn't want to bother the south with more concessions, and was murdered before he could realize the mistake. Johnson was pro-south, so there you have it.

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A simple rule for honoring our "heroes" and erecting statues or monuments [View all] louis c Oct 2017 OP

No Confederate was convicted of treason. Sneederbunk Oct 2017 #1

Everyone of the statues depicts a Confederat soldier who took up arms against this country louis c Oct 2017 #2

You've struck on an interesting point ProudLib72 Oct 2017 #3

To me, that seems a pretty simple rule of thumb louis c Oct 2017 #4