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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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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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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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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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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One is reminded of those tedious Boston Tea Party committee meetings.
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That’s because they were fighting for the right to have their own local government.
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If it’s historical knowledge we’re striving for we should put up more libraries, not statues.
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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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Absolutely. As long as you don’t honor the side that turned traitor to the great

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