Tag: Robert E. Lee

Patricia N. Saffran, The Charlottesville Lee Equestrian Statue Meltdown Postmortem

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Patricia N. Saffran A Premeditated Execution in Effigy When the Shrady/Lentelli Robert E. Lee Equestrian Monument was unveiled on May 21, 1924, in Charlottesville, a child pulled off the covering to the cheering crowd. The much admired Beaux Art sculpture had the elegance of the art movement, which featured harmonious proportions that are meant to evoke pleasing ancient Greek and Roman statues.  All weekend long a reunion of Confederate troops was held in conjunction with the unveiling. Some of the speakers spoke about the gift from philanthropist Paul Goodloe McIntire to…

Patricia N. Saffran, Lee and the House of Wax Meltdown in Charlottesville

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by Patricia N. Saffran Every revolutionary since July 9, 1776 knows to pull down the statue of the oppressor. On that date at the Common in New York City, Thomas Jefferson read out loud the Declaration of Independence which he had written. Then the troops and crowd walked a mile down Broadway to Bowling Green. There they threw down the two ton gilded lead version of King George III as a mounted Roman emperor. The rabid crowd didn’t stop at merely toppling the statue. Captain John Montresor, a British officer,…

Patricia N. Saffran, The Case of the Dangling Torso

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Patricia N. Saffran [Editor’s note: Featured image of Taliban using a rocket launcher to destroy artifacts and remnants of past ages and diverse cultures, which the world has condemned.] Since 1890, the statue of Robert E. Lee on a thoroughbred horse graced Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA. On September 8, 2021, the statue was hoisted off its plinth and later the torso was hacksawed in two. Throughout the removal an audience of activists screamed wildly below. Devon Henry, CEO and president of Team Henry Enterprises, had the contract for the…

Jack Mullen, West Virginia Asserts Its Statehood: Virginia is Divided Again

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Jack Mullen With a match one has no need of a lever; one does not lift up the world, one burns it.  –                                                                                                      —The Fire in the Minds of Men In the State of Virginia we can find the essence…