Essay On Confederate Monuments

On the other Side of the argument, John Daniel Davidson author of “Why We Should Keep The Confederate Monuments Right Where They Are” and editor in chief of the online publication The Federalist, argues that Confederate statues such as General Jackson and Confederate war heroes should be kept where they are. In making this claim the author asserts that the public knows the history of the United States and should be able to conclude that these monuments don't represent what they would have represented during the Civil War. Rather, in present day American society they represent how the U.S. was able to make a dramatic change and turn away from slavery. Davidson begins his article with asserting, “They say we shouldn’t honor a bunch of racists

Attention Grabber: Due to the recent events that took place in Charlottesville, North Carolina, the discussion on whether or not the Confederate monuments and symbolism should be removed has come about. In this speech, I will give you some more information on the benefits and disadvantages to both removing and keeping the statues and flags.

First, removing all these statues and monuments cost a lot of money and take a long time. For example, The cost to remove all the monuments and statues in New Orleans could cost $600,000. Thats a lot of money for one city to pay for, and that money could be used for more important things. Another reason I feel that we should keep these statues and monuments because it’s a part of our history. Yes, the Confederacy did believe in slavery, but it isn’t about honoring slavery. It’s about understanding that this is what we once were as a nation. Keeping this symbolizes how far we’ve come as a country and how much we’ve progressed. Taking these monuments down would be in a way an attempt to erase our

Among those opposed, Senator Lee Bright, says “the move could lead Southern states down a slippery slope toward removing names of famed Confederate officers from roadways and allowing Confederate monuments to crumble. We do not heal from tragedies by removing whole passages from our history books and act like certain events never occurred. Sticking our heads in the sand and cramming historical symbols down the 'memory hole' may feel good and play to our emotions, but it accomplishes absolutely

The KKK or Ku Klux Klan, a group who caused a lot of violence towards colored people, adopted the flag and used it to help represent themselves for a short while. They would carry the flag to represent the slavery aspect, even though the African Americans were already free. Therefore, it gave the flag a name that was against all colored people. Even though, the flag was not originally meant to represent such an issue. The confederate flag, as stated before, was created as a battled flag and has now adopted an entirely new meaning. It’s past should not matter even though it was used for the wrong reasons at one time because it has changed now, and will forever hold a new

Is the Confederate flag a symbol of Southern Culture or a symbol of racial injustice? Dictionary.com defines symbol as “a material object representing something, often something immaterial.” When the Civil War first started, the flag became a representative of the Confederate side of the war. After the war, it was thought to be rebellion. Now, it is a symbol of the Southern culture.

We all have heard the romantic story of our flag. How Betsy Ross sat in her living room all night, sewing together the stars and stripes. Today, Betsy’s masterpiece still flies high all around our country, but, in many of the southern states, there is a second flag that flies with it. The Confederate flag. The birth story of this war flag is not romantic in any shape or form. During the Civil War, there was much confusion on the battlefield between the original Confederate flag, “Stars and Bars”, and our “Stars and Stripes”. So the leaders of the Confederates had their Committee on the Flag and Seal create a totally different flag to use for the battlefield, and they would use their original flag for parades. Hence, the birth of the Confederate

One can make the same argument that the presence of Confederate monuments goes against who we are as a nation and people, without the attacks and the underhanded comparisons. One would only need to use the historical timeline of when the monuments to the Confederate heroes were approved and constructed, and compare that with the creation of known supremacist groups to see very clearly the correlation and the true motivation behind their construction. The author does make one salient point when comparing post WWII Germany to our present situation “The work we must do is the much harder work of engaging people of varying opinions and creating a new shared understanding of our history. The process must be constructive as well as destructive.” (Savage) This is a true statement and a very powerful one, unfortunately it gets lost and ultimately diminished by the use of the aforementioned tactics in the rest of the

I need help trying to understand this event in Virginia that has been replicated in other cities where citizens have protested the removal of Confederate monuments. I'm not aware of any other country that has monuments that celebrate the loser of a conflict or war and on top of that to celebrate the absolute WORST part of American history. Are there monuments to celebrate Hitler and the Nazi reign in Germany? Are there monuments to celebrate apartheid in South Africa? What reason do Confederate monuments serve when the majority of the atrocities that occurred during that time are either ignored or minimized in the history books?

Historically, flags have been a symbol of unity and patriotism for countries around the world; however, this is not always the case. One particular incident of this presents itself in the essence of the Confederate Flag. The Confederate Flag is a symbol of Southern nationalism dating back to the American Civil War. Even today, it is used by many people to express their southern culture and pride. However, originally, the flag represented the aspirations in the South for the precedence of States rights over Federal rule. The Confederate Flag is also associated with a much more negative aspect. This Flag epitomizes the prejudice and white supremacy associated with the Civil War. This was because the among the former things slavery was the most

Confederate monuments show us what we did wrong and why we should never do it again(Landrieu).They signify a time we are not proud of. How ever,it is good to know about our history because history can repeat itself. If your in public you may see someone insulting someone because of the color of their skin, by the clothes they wear, and for their religious beliefs. Those people are also examples of what we shouldn't do because it is very wrong. So if people can be examples then so can the confederate monuments. So they should stay up.

Gersh Kentzman in the New York Daily News gave the reasonable and understandable reason of why the federate statues should be removed. He asked why there are no statues of Adolf Hitler in Berlin. Usually, the statues are to honor people who did something good to their country; someone who put his life in danger to save his country. Statues also are to honor people’s service to the country. The Confederate statues are for people who divided the country and separated citizens according to their skin colors or their social classes. These confederate statues and monuments should be removed because those people did not do anything to build the country. The Confederate statues can easily remind the victims of civil war or slavery what they went through and how they were treated. Thus causes conflicts between them and those who made them went through what they went through. Mayor Landrew, who removed the statue of General Robert E. Lee in South Carolina, said “these statues… are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments purposefully celebrate a fictional, sanite confederacy ignoring the death, ignoring the enslavement…” The Confederate monuments and statues are just like a bad memory; nobody wants to keep remembering it; so why the U.S. should keep those “bad men” statues? The federate statues should be removed in the whole country because those men do not deserve any honor.

Why should we allow monuments built for fighting equality and honoring pro-slavery figures to exist? In our world, brimming with advancements in technology and innumerous other intellectual achievements, antiquated stone figures of dead war generals have become a hot topic of debate. The reason is, simply, these Confederate monuments evoke painful memories of an era of American history in which many suffered, and they advertise a then-prevalent viewpoint that is today shunned by virtually all civilized citizens. Although many advocate for their downfall, these monuments serve an important purpose in current discourse. Confederate monuments should not be torn down because they are artistic achievements that can be used by Americans to learn about and preserve history.

One of the worst events to happen on American soil remains our Civil War, fought over the inhumane ideology of slavery and white supremacy. Present day, an intense debate persists over the monuments and symbols commemorating this war. Confederate symbols, monuments of its leaders, and the notorious “battle flag” are subjects of political argument, with those standing in opposition condemning them for perpetuation of white supremacy and racial discrimination, yet many proud southerners continue to glorify these symbols as representations of “Southern Pride” and historical legacy. As defined in “US Confederate monuments: What is the debate about?” confederate monuments are defined as “Monuments that are meant to honor Confederate leaders, soldiers or the Confederate states.” Although the debate over the moral lawfulness of the confederate monuments can be valued as a tool to educate the public about what occurred during these times, a perspective is needed to decide whether the monuments should be valued as historical pieces of the past or condemned as racist propaganda. In result of the hate speech and violence that has occurred lately because of these confederate monuments, such as many protests against the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E Lee in Charlottesville turned violent on August 12, when white supremacists clashed with counter-protesters – it has become clear what needs to be done in order to maintain peace while staying aware of the history that

With many confederate monuments coming down across the country a debate has come up. Should the monuments be removed, or should they stay? Are they racist, or do they show America's heritage? These are questions that are being asked across the country and according to a study by Massincpolling (2017), 28 percent of Virginians support removing the monuments but 51 percent want to keep them, a quarter of them thought the monuments were racist and over half thought they were part of Southern heritage. This data shows that the majority of Virginians think that the monuments are not racist and they want to keep the monuments up, but only 28 percent, which is just over a quarter, of everyone that took the survey thought that they were racist and that they should come down. This means that the monuments should stay up, unless the local governments wanted the majority of Virginians to get mad.