“today the statue comes down and we are one step closer to a perfect union,” mayor walker says.pic.twitter.com/XIpvFv2nnK
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paul goodloe mcintire has been shaking his fist at us from the grave for a long timehttps://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1155099847126605824 …
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the proper platform for white supremacy: a flatbed truck headed out of townpic.twitter.com/zpxb0jtF9e
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it’s such a beautiful morning. people who’ve been in this fight together for years reuniting, finally vaccinated, hugging, cheering, mourning, steeling ourselves for so much more work. someone died for this. rest in power, heather. we’re remembering you today.
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the jackson statue was the target of several acts of vandalism over the last few years. the plinth will remain for now - stripped of its statue now, not just their noses.https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1206056505511960576 …
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in 1900, this was a neighborhood full of black families. 20 years later, the homes had been cleared away to make room for this symbol that they were not welcome here.https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1155113767157542912 …
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those who love the statues say removing them erases history, but the statues themselves erase the history, and rewrite a false one, of this space. this was intentional, and at the time: celebrated.https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1155113768701091842 …
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this statue was installed in 1921, the same year the local klan reconstituted itself. that klan chapter held its meetings in the courthouse behind this statue. in july 2017, the klan returned to this park, just a month before unite the right.https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1271241677206937600 …
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the park where the jackson statue stands is on the grounds of the courthouse. the deed to the park specified that it was a whites only space, making access to the so called halls of justice a fraught experience for black residentshttps://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1204830618024054792 …
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this is the same park where ‘johnny reb’ stood before his removal last year, guarding the entrance to the courthouse for over 100 yearshttps://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1304544722673979392 …
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a belated shoutout to the confederate soldier who accidentally shot stonewall jackson, resulting in his painful death.
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they’re hammering in some little wedges between the stone base and the bottom of the statue to ensure clean liftoffpic.twitter.com/Gh2HFLmv6C
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charlottesville’s stonewall jackson statue is off its plinthpic.twitter.com/lbvYTr0SNe
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my phone is overheating from the strain of all this excitement
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lowering stonewall onto the truck. it’s not lost on many assembled here that this is on fourth street.pic.twitter.com/ATsS2Bjk04
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the crowd is chanting “fuck white supremacy” as stonewall & little sorrel get buckled in for their ride out of townpic.twitter.com/wjazWPtqYx
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a second and final funeral procession through charlottesville for stonewall jackson https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1155116075316592641?s=21 …pic.twitter.com/KKUHE1Gb5A
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as always, it is an honor to be able to chronicle the history of this place in this time. i am deeply indebted to the work done by this community, work like that of drs jalane schmidt & andrea douglas in telling the true history, of zyahna bryant for pushing us to this moment,
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