The courthouse officials folded and the memorial is staying exactly where it belongs. We stopped this pathetic attempt at erasing our local history by refusing to back down against the pressure. Keep your eyes sharp because those who want to scrub our past will always look for another way to …
September 17, 2015
Prevent Removal of the Confederate Veterans Memorial from the Madison County Courthouse
Final supporters
The Confederate Veteran's Memorial should remain on the grounds of the Madison County Courthouse.
We agree that flying the Confederate Battle Flag from state-owned grounds is contrary to the principles of racial, social and national reconciliation for which our state's forefathers have pledged a forbearance of arms. The flag means many things to many people, but in the best of intentions, actively flying a Confederate flag from state-owned grounds represents an animate symbol of rebellion, at worst a symbol of hate and racism.
We, however, disagree with a full heart for peace and a full mindfulness for our past that the Confederate Veteran's Memorial should be removed from the grounds of the Madison County Courthouse. It is apparent, prima facie, that this memorial was dedicated to the veterans who fought during the War Between the States, and not in celebration of those hurtful institutions for which the rebellious Southern states had fought for. Its representation is inanimate, its erection predates the reactionary and deliberately provocative revival of Confederate symbols during the Civil Rights movement, and its overall demeanor is that of humbly honoring the fallen ancestors of our county in muted solemnitude.
The current hysteria of whitewashing and removing all physical traces of our state's past of this dramatic era in our national evolution constitutes an ill-informed movement of cultural and social cleansing, none of which furthers, in any known measure, our ongoing struggle for economic justice, racial understanding and social progress. On the contrary, it deepens the wounds of our past, and threatens to conjure new resentments for a future in which the personal political satisfactions of a few can trump, with little reason, the public satisfactions of the many.
Updates
July 10, 2015
We hit 250 signatures and the county officials are already feeling the heat of our refusal to be silenced. Do not let these bureaucrats continue their cowardly attempt to erase our history while they ignore the people who actually live here.
Reached 250 supporters
July 10, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
July 8, 2015
July 7, 2015
The county board thinks they can quietly scrub our history while we are distracted. We are almost at 250 signatures and we need to push past this mark to force them to look us in the eye. Send this link to anyone who refuses to let these bureaucrats erase the truth.
July 5, 2015
The Madison County officials are actively planning to erase our history while we watch from the sidelines. We are about to hit one hundred signatures and I need you to drag this link onto every social media feed you have right now. These bureaucrats are waiting for us to lose steam so keep the pressure at maximum volume.
191 Comments
Should we ban things about our U.S Presidents,our founding Fathers as well because they owned slaves?No, we shouldn't be banning anything.WE can't all like or agree on everything.That's life.
Heritage, not hate. People Wanting to remove our history is no different. Than ISIS destroying old historical artifacts. Just because they do not agree with it. This is a free country that has a freedom of speech. We have to stop this changing of our history.
you can not change history, learn from it! everyone has a point of view bot perhaps the southern symbols to some represent the souths attempt ai independence, most southerners fought because the were fighting for their state not for slavery the majority of the people did their own farming and did not have slaves
In memory of my great, great uncle Private Benjamin F. West and his brother that was killed at Petersburg Virginia, Private James W. West. 26th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Wise's Brigade, Second Corps Army of Northern Virginia.
Southerners hold on to their confederate symbols not for hate but for Southern pride. Those not from the south will not understand. It is a shame that a few have connected these symbols with racial hate.
The confederacy represents a part of our history and people should learn about it. Unfortunately there are groups of people who have a political agenda to erase and rewrite American history .
Enough Cultural Marxist Hate in the name of virtue. After the Confederate monuments...what's next?. The Founders. After the Founders, then who?. Anyone of European descent. After them, then who?. It won't stop. This type of anarchy never does.
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The courthouse officials folded and the memorial is staying exactly where it belongs. We stopped this pathetic attempt at erasing our local history by refusing to back down against the pressure. Keep your eyes sharp because those who want to scrub our past will always look for another way to …
September 17, 2015
Prevent Removal of the Confederate Veterans Memorial from the Madison County Courthouse
Final supporters
The Confederate Veteran's Memorial should remain on the grounds of the Madison County Courthouse.
We agree that flying the Confederate Battle Flag from state-owned grounds is contrary to the principles of racial, social and national reconciliation for which our state's forefathers have pledged a forbearance of arms. The flag means many things to many people, but in the best of intentions, actively flying a Confederate flag from state-owned grounds represents an animate symbol of rebellion, at worst a symbol of hate and racism.
We, however, disagree with a full heart for peace and a full mindfulness for our past that the Confederate Veteran's Memorial should be removed from the grounds of the Madison County Courthouse. It is apparent, prima facie, that this memorial was dedicated to the veterans who fought during the War Between the States, and not in celebration of those hurtful institutions for which the rebellious Southern states had fought for. Its representation is inanimate, its erection predates the reactionary and deliberately provocative revival of Confederate symbols during the Civil Rights movement, and its overall demeanor is that of humbly honoring the fallen ancestors of our county in muted solemnitude.
The current hysteria of whitewashing and removing all physical traces of our state's past of this dramatic era in our national evolution constitutes an ill-informed movement of cultural and social cleansing, none of which furthers, in any known measure, our ongoing struggle for economic justice, racial understanding and social progress. On the contrary, it deepens the wounds of our past, and threatens to conjure new resentments for a future in which the personal political satisfactions of a few can trump, with little reason, the public satisfactions of the many.
Updates
July 10, 2015
We hit 250 signatures and the county officials are already feeling the heat of our refusal to be silenced. Do not let these bureaucrats continue their cowardly attempt to erase our history while they ignore the people who actually live here.
Reached 250 supporters
July 10, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
July 8, 2015
July 7, 2015
The county board thinks they can quietly scrub our history while we are distracted. We are almost at 250 signatures and we need to push past this mark to force them to look us in the eye. Send this link to anyone who refuses to let these bureaucrats erase the truth.
July 5, 2015
The Madison County officials are actively planning to erase our history while we watch from the sidelines. We are about to hit one hundred signatures and I need you to drag this link onto every social media feed you have right now. These bureaucrats are waiting for us to lose steam so keep the pressure at maximum volume.
191 Comments
Ann, NOT a single confederate EVER died in Huntsville fighting for the Confederacy! NOT a single ONE! There is simply NO confederate heritage here in downtown Huntsville to "protect"! And there NEVER was! Any stories of confederates fighting on the courthouse square is PURE FICTION!
Should we ban things about our U.S Presidents,our founding Fathers as well because they owned slaves?No, we shouldn't be banning anything.WE can't all like or agree on everything.That's life.
Heritage, not hate. People Wanting to remove our history is no different. Than ISIS destroying old historical artifacts. Just because they do not agree with it. This is a free country that has a freedom of speech. We have to stop this changing of our history.
you can not change history, learn from it! everyone has a point of view bot perhaps the southern symbols to some represent the souths attempt ai independence, most southerners fought because the were fighting for their state not for slavery the majority of the people did their own farming and did not have slaves
In memory of my great, great uncle Private Benjamin F. West and his brother that was killed at Petersburg Virginia, Private James W. West. 26th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Wise's Brigade, Second Corps Army of Northern Virginia.
Southerners hold on to their confederate symbols not for hate but for Southern pride. Those not from the south will not understand. It is a shame that a few have connected these symbols with racial hate.
The confederacy represents a part of our history and people should learn about it. Unfortunately there are groups of people who have a political agenda to erase and rewrite American history .
Enough Cultural Marxist Hate in the name of virtue. After the Confederate monuments...what's next?. The Founders. After the Founders, then who?. Anyone of European descent. After them, then who?. It won't stop. This type of anarchy never does.
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Ann, NOT a single confederate EVER died in Huntsville fighting for the Confederacy! NOT a single ONE! There is simply NO confederate heritage here in downtown Huntsville to "protect"! And there NEVER was! Any stories of confederates fighting on the courthouse square is PURE FICTION!