Please remove the statue honoring the Hero’s has f to he CSA. Their is the United States of America. The CSA was defeated in the Civil War. and rename Dixon or MLK Jr.. I would like to suggest US Grant Ave. Make Shelby a city that welcomes all
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Dr D
6 years ago
why should we continue to pay lip service to a history so skewed?
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Harry Tatum
6 years ago
I’m wanting change for my generation as well as the ones to come
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Barbara Locricchio
6 years ago
Well written article and will help me explain to people I know why monuments should be taken down
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Clyde Nolan Jr
6 years ago
It is time to atone for our past sins..
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Virginia McMurry
6 years ago
I never even paid attention to the monument on our court square. Thank you for educating me on its origin!
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Janet Sims
6 years ago
Shelby is working so hard to encourage tourism. Why would we want to celebrate racism in the City of Pleasant Living?
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Christopher Borders
6 years ago
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I share the same family tree as Thomas Dixon and I’m proud, not of his views, but of how my views and my families views have progressed. We will never change history but we, as a people, can. It’s way past time for this statue to be removed from public land.
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Jack Zyble
6 years ago
Why celebrate hatred?
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Hannah Ellis
6 years ago
This statue represents slavery, bondage and supremacy. I am a native and this history read was a first. It is shameful that you would hide the history behind a statue that you rally around. Give the youth the absolute truth and let them decide.
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Pete Gilbert
6 years ago
Be glad to help out.
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H A Carlson
6 years ago
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Jerry Mashburn
6 years ago
It is time! I am a white native of nearby Rutherford County and am just learning this history.
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R Scott Mitchell
6 years ago
Great job in your research!
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Kimberly McKellar
6 years ago
Tear it down!
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Carol E Gress
6 years ago
Please let todays youth shine with pride, moving forward into a better world that judges individuals on their character rather rather than the color of their skin. Let us acknowledge the disgrace in which Cleveland County was born and right that which is inherrantly wrong in our society.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
It's never too late to start again. It's been too long coming.
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Ed Barrows
6 years ago
It is past time.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Maybe state tourism should be boycotted until removed
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Zachary Vanderburg
6 years ago
From a fellow Cleveland County native, thank you for this! It should have never been raised and it’s time it comes down.
Please remove the statue honoring the Hero’s has f to he CSA. Their is the United States of America. The CSA was defeated in the Civil War. and rename Dixon or MLK Jr.. I would like to suggest US Grant Ave. Make Shelby a city that welcomes all
why should we continue to pay lip service to a history so skewed?
I’m wanting change for my generation as well as the ones to come
Well written article and will help me explain to people I know why monuments should be taken down
It is time to atone for our past sins..
I never even paid attention to the monument on our court square. Thank you for educating me on its origin!
Shelby is working so hard to encourage tourism. Why would we want to celebrate racism in the City of Pleasant Living?
I share the same family tree as Thomas Dixon and I’m proud, not of his views, but of how my views and my families views have progressed. We will never change history but we, as a people, can. It’s way past time for this statue to be removed from public land.
Why celebrate hatred?
This statue represents slavery, bondage and supremacy. I am a native and this history read was a first. It is shameful that you would hide the history behind a statue that you rally around. Give the youth the absolute truth and let them decide.
Be glad to help out.
It is time! I am a white native of nearby Rutherford County and am just learning this history.
Great job in your research!
Tear it down!
Please let todays youth shine with pride, moving forward into a better world that judges individuals on their character rather rather than the color of their skin. Let us acknowledge the disgrace in which Cleveland County was born and right that which is inherrantly wrong in our society.
It's never too late to start again. It's been too long coming.
It is past time.
Maybe state tourism should be boycotted until removed
From a fellow Cleveland County native, thank you for this! It should have never been raised and it’s time it comes down.