Once again, people are asking that statues and monuments representing confederate soldiers and other symbols of the Civil War be removed from public places. These statues have been erected throughout the land, and in Talbot County, The Talbot Boys is again drawing a great deal of attention.
This week The Spy asks readers to take a stand on whether these statues should continue to stand. Two points of view are expressed and we ask you to share which argument you most favor.
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Christian Wright says
A monument is a building, structure, or site that is of historical importance or interest. Taking them down in an attempt to erase or ignore history will result in our inevitable ability to repeat the historical acts that the monument represents. Please do NOT remove monuments. Good or bad they remind us past events and serve as beacons of hope for a better tomorrow.
Julia George says
Monuments are largely ignored by people who were neither directly nor indirectly enslaved.For as long as such monuments have stood defacto segregation,racism, & white supremacy have stood. Want reminders, write the history and teach it. We know that written history endures as our greatest example,the bible, has endured.
Barbara Snyder says
Why erase history? The monuments remind us of our past so that,hopefully, we’ll do better in the future.
Bud says
It’s time to make new history. We already live with constant reminders of systemic racism and we don’t need dumb statues to remind us. Tear them down, and then help us tear down the systems of oppression they represent.
Marcia Friedman says
It is imperative we learn and remember our history, the good the bad and the ugly, lest we repeat it. Tearing down statues does not erase the past.
Ralph Russum says
I am against the removal of this and other historical monuments
Aaron Newman says
“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Ignoring or erasing history ensures that we will have another form of slavery in the future. Don’t get rid of these monuments.
Ron Jordan says
Just my opinion.
Statues, monuments all state that the history that they celebrating is saying that the public places in which these statues reside are being held in high esteem. I am here to tell they are not because they represent a stain on our nation, our county and our town. For those that choose to have these monuments stay in place, you are in essence telling your black neighbors that you don’t care about the soldiers who fought for the their enslavement. For those that choose to keep the statues as a testament to history, put them in a building where those that choose can go visit them there. I don’t believe that they should be destroyed, they should be removed, have their stories told in a museum or warehouse, somewhere out of the public view.