tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post8017550793417339370..comments2024-03-27T22:38:19.083-07:00Comments on Tennessee WordSmith: Confederate Monuments and HistoryTroy D. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07744762061580915223noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post-70416480011726938792019-11-06T01:42:26.678-08:002019-11-06T01:42:26.678-08:00Now I'm going to go back to presentism. Becaus...Now I'm going to go back to presentism. 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Confederate statues and flags in public places have a specific history, and it starts decades after the Civil War. In fact, the vast majority of them appeared in one of two eras: either the early 1900s to the 1920s, or circa 1950 to 1965.Darren Demershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08050776248828465230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post-54708339431557579602018-08-25T09:56:36.763-07:002018-08-25T09:56:36.763-07:00https://www.historians.org/publications-and-direct...https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/may-2002/against-presentism<br /><br />The presentist argument stands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post-58385514039137164122017-08-18T08:59:46.524-07:002017-08-18T08:59:46.524-07:00I've been to Monument Park and since that have...I've been to Monument Park and since that have hoped we might consider some similar idea. It was a powerful experience, I was glad for the opportunity to see the iconic Soviet statues. BTW reader might was to know, the Part is not placed very prominently in Budapest, but in a suburban area that requires two trains and a walk, so one has to seek them out M Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473658573237524347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post-4890476818479503542017-08-18T07:40:37.104-07:002017-08-18T07:40:37.104-07:00The statues in Budapest's Monument Park are in...The statues in Budapest's Monument Park are intriguing because of their history. They are all together, so visitors can consider them in context.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post-64744185035562299732017-08-17T13:37:34.661-07:002017-08-17T13:37:34.661-07:00The fact that the far right uses a respect for his...The fact that the far right uses a respect for history as a justification for keeping these monuments up while ignoring the actual history of these monuments is one more reason my irony meter is broken.Chuck Lavazzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648785168147837794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post-30360398493587370732017-08-17T09:13:18.326-07:002017-08-17T09:13:18.326-07:00An excellent post. In Hungary they put all their ...An excellent post. In Hungary they put all their awful Soviet-era statues in "Monument Park" so they exist and are sequestered together for those who want a look at "history". Maybe we could do that.<br /><br />As a Civil War buff I find conservative claims over "erasing history" (because of Connfederate statue or flag removal) hilarious. There are hundreds of battlefields with thousands of monuments. Seek them out - where actual history took place! :-)Carl Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717209873111026574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post-56973029836227807832017-08-17T09:03:33.420-07:002017-08-17T09:03:33.420-07:00I don't think that's true - the US gov'...I don't think that's true - the US gov't seized Lee's estate and turned jt into Arlington National Cemetary. Quartermastee Meigs during the Civil War buried casualties right around the mansion ie the rise garden so Lee would never live there again.Carl Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717209873111026574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post-35292406652355150152017-08-17T08:16:49.353-07:002017-08-17T08:16:49.353-07:00Thank you!Thank you!Troy D. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07744762061580915223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post-34836636007024345922017-08-17T07:42:44.381-07:002017-08-17T07:42:44.381-07:00I should have said: 'interprète the present CO...I should have said: 'interprète the present CORRECTLY.'michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07631731846526639966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post-72992456183203799972017-08-17T07:38:22.627-07:002017-08-17T07:38:22.627-07:00A terrific paper that shows how history should be ...A terrific paper that shows how history should be used to interprète the present. Many thanks!michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07631731846526639966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post-35146149752324286802017-08-15T20:08:23.824-07:002017-08-15T20:08:23.824-07:00I've never known what to make of the fact that...I've never known what to make of the fact that the Robert E. Lee estate is directly across the Potomac from DC on a big hill near the water where you can't miss seeing it. And that the United States has designated the mansion as a National Memorial to Lee.AJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317635433090485272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post-73774895213689471162017-08-15T19:20:27.428-07:002017-08-15T19:20:27.428-07:00Thank you for that clarificationn, I'll correc...Thank you for that clarificationn, I'll correct that at once,Troy D. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07744762061580915223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033219669932329731.post-46843896975897537002017-08-15T18:30:15.542-07:002017-08-15T18:30:15.542-07:00Mr Smith. I enjoyed your article and learned much ...Mr Smith. I enjoyed your article and learned much about when and why the statues/monuments were erected. I am of the belief that the statues belong in museums and not on public property. I just want to clarify one part of your article. The SC legislature passed a bill in April 2000 to remove the flag from the state house dome and place it on a flag pole in front of the statehouse. Bree Newsome bravely scaled this flagpole and removed the flag on June 27, 2015, 10 days after the massacre of nine innocent people at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. The flag was permanently removed by vote of the SC Senate in July 2015.M D Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10623547782519332150noreply@blogger.com