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Senior Editor @TheDispatch, Columnist @Time, Senior Fellow @TrinityForum, Co-host, Advisory Opinions, Iraq vet, married to @NancyAFrench. "Possibly possessed."

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    David French‏Verified account @DavidAFrench 22 Jun 2020

    Local governments should decide the fate of monuments, not mobs. That's civil society 101. But here's my monument idea. Build more. We don't suffer from an excess of historical knowledge or memory. Give the Union soldier his rightful honor in the land he fought for. /1

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      2. David French‏Verified account @DavidAFrench 22 Jun 2020

        The vast majority of Union soldiers fell on southern soil. They were Americans fighting on American land, yet their monuments are sparse on the ground. Build more. We should remember the name William Harvey Carney. He should have multiple monuments /2:https://www.army.mil/article/181896/meet_sgt_william_carney_the_first_african_american_medal_of_honor_recipient …

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      3. David French‏Verified account @DavidAFrench 22 Jun 2020

        America needs to hear more about Christian Fleetwood /3: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/christian-fleetwood …pic.twitter.com/41kWlHrKa8

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      4. David French‏Verified account @DavidAFrench 22 Jun 2020

        What's incredible about both men, two of the 25 black medal of honor winners in the Civil War, is that they both were awarded the medal for heroically carrying the flag -- the same flag that nurtured slavery for too long was the flag of the army that ultimately ended slavery. /4

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      5. David French‏Verified account @DavidAFrench 22 Jun 2020

        We need more monuments to Gen. George Thomas, the "Rock of Chickamauga" the Virginian who made the choice that Lee and Jackson did not -- to remain true to the Union in the face of furious denunciations from his fellow Virginians. /5https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/george-thomas …

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      6. David French‏Verified account @DavidAFrench 22 Jun 2020

        It's hard to think of a more unifying method of remembering American history than providing these American soldiers -- and many others -- with the recognition that they at long last deserve. Anyway, that's my simple idea. Build more. Remember the men we've wrongly forgotten. /end

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      2. Culture of Politics‏ @cultofpolitics 22 Jun 2020
        Replying to @DavidAFrench

        One is reminded of those tedious Boston Tea Party committee meetings.

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      3. NationofJake‏ @NationofJake 22 Jun 2020
        Replying to @cultofpolitics @DavidAFrench

        That’s because they were fighting for the right to have their own local government.

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      2. nicholas‏ @Nick_Volpe 22 Jun 2020
        Replying to @DavidAFrench

        If it’s historical knowledge we’re striving for we should put up more libraries, not statues.

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      2. Eric B.‏ @EricfromClt 22 Jun 2020
        Replying to @DavidAFrench

        In the South, there are plenty of people who are anti-rebel flag but enjoy visiting battleground sites. It seems there is a respectful way to honor all parties.

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      3. Jag‏ @RealJag 22 Jun 2020
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        Absolutely. As long as you don’t honor the side that turned traitor to the great 🇺🇸

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