Students to Save Forrest Hall

Erasing history is a terrible and disrespectful thing to do for those who died in the Civil War. http://confederateveteransday.weebly.com/

I am offended that anybody would want to erase history.

Keep Forrest Hall's name. Don't cower down to the few who chose to attend MTSU and then bash our heritage.

Nathan Bedford Forrest is a Tennessee hero. He is arguably the greatest cavalry commander this nation has produced. He conducted all aspects of his personal and private life with honor, bravery, and integrity. He was not the hater that 21st century history revisionists claim.

Keep the name.

So glad to see this petition and I support your efforts wholeheartedly. General Forrest was never deemed a war criminal, testified before Congress on Klan activities to which he was never accused of any wrongdoing, and disavowed violence. He did call for the disbandment of the Klan once the nature of the organization had turned to uncontrollable elements which were outside of the original purpose for which it was established, that being a protective order for the widows and orphans of deceased Confederate veterans. Forrest was very popular at the end of the war and his influence was highly sought because of his success as a military leader. He was elected to the Peace Council in 1867 that offered then Military Gov. Brownlow conciliatory measures that would have led to the greater healing of the divide created by the harsh and illegal measures implemented during the Reconstruction era that forced circumstances to exit whereby an underground organization became necessary for the preservation of the life and liberty of native Tennesseans against an onslaught of "carpetbaggers" from the North who sought to take advantage of the situation immediately following the war. General Forrest became a Christian before his death after many years of hopeful prayers by his wife and mother. He was a redeemed man by all Christian standards, made his peace with God and the Black Community and died a premature death from disease and quite possibly from old wounds sustained in the war that led to complications in his overall health. He is revered for the man he was...a man of his times who fought nobly and gallantly for his people. Many here in Middle Tennessee today and all across the South, know he saved their ancestors from certain destruction and starvation as the Southern holocaust after the war, known as "Reconstruction" took the lives of untold numbers of civilians both Black and White during one of the most misunderstood and understudied periods in American history.

Some people need to study history more !! It would be a shame to change the name of a building that is used for military training to something else. Forrest was a military genius and a true hero for black and all races. So leave it be.... Deo Vendis

God Save The South! Forrest is a Tennessee Hero! Forrest had black Confederates that fought with him but history wont tell you that. Please stand up like Forrest and say no to the change of FORREST HALL.

Note the fact that he Did not condon The actions Of the people. Under His presidency of That Group . Note that he. Left the group . Pay atention to. The. Fact that the U.S. Military. STILL use his methods and strategies to this day . He was a brilliant man whom fought hard. For his country and its people. As well as the men under his command . Not. For any racist Propaganda but for freedom of states rights andAgainst Tierney . So that federal government Did not have Complete control Over different sections of the country .Where What Works In say Utah Does Not maybe in Maine . Laws Get to very state To state Thanks. To men and women like him . Also. If. I am not mistaken (and. That is possible ) The daughters of The confederacy paid for The building. And donated it .They Should Have the honor of naming the aforementioned building And asumming that as Long as it stands so will The name .

I applaude your courage to stand up for the historical facts instead of following the trend to remove all traces of our Southern heritage.

Why change the name off of Forrest Hall? No one thinks, "Oh who is this building named after?" For me I just thought, "Oh it's just the name of the building." Don't try and force our bittersweet history out of the schools. Everyone needs to know our history so we aren't doomed to repeat it.

It is sad times when a handful of uneducated people can be so arrogant to think that they can erase history and and the memories of so many that gave their all for us.

PLEASE grow a pair, and NOT change the name of Forrest Hall, and NOT succumb to this propaganda BS

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