Dallas put up its Lee statue in 1936, in a ceremony attended by President Roosevelt. “It shall stand here on this busy corner of our city as a perpetual memorial to the character, valor and achievements of this matchless leader of our own Lost Cause,” the mayor said at the time.
I don't know the ultimate fate of the Dallas Lee statue and it's mysterious buyer, or the dozens of others that have been taken down but not (yet?) destroyed. Cities are, as @smervosh notes, still figuring that out.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/us/confederate-statues-dallas-nashville.html …
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But I want to end this thread by asking you to go read this incredible essay from
@kurtstreeter about the newly named Arthur Ashe Boulevard in Richmond, the capital of the Confederacyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/sports/richmond-is-at-a-crossroads-will-arthur-ashe-boulevard-point-the-way.html …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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