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Tag Archives: Robert E. Lee statue
Memorials and Memory on a French Quarter Dog Walk
My wife and I, along with our spunky mutt Mouton (named after General Jean-Jacques-Alfred- Alexandre Mouton), spent the week before Christmas 2021 in New Orleans. My younger sister got married that week and we were sure to not miss out. … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Monuments
Tagged Andrew Jackson, Battle of Liberty Place, Beauregard Monument, Benjamin Butler, David Farragut, Fall of New Orleans, Faubourg Marigny, French Quarter, Homer Plessy, Jean-Jacques-Alfred-Alexandre Mouton, Jefferson Davis statue, New Orleans, Plessy v. Ferguson, Robert E. Lee statue, Slave trade, Solomon Northup, Washington Artillery, William Mumford
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The Bust of Grant and the Indiscriminate Destruction of Monuments
For some people, Ulysses S. Grant’s monument in San Francisco toppled last Friday not with a clang but with a loud “I told you so.” “First, it’s Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, but just you wait,” those people have … Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Monuments, Revolutionary War, Ties to the War
Tagged Andrew Jackson, Christopher Columbus, civil rights, Francis Scott Key, Grant monument, Grant's Last Battle, Jefferson Davis statue, Jefferson statue, Lincoln Memorial, Monuments, Philip Schuyler, Robert E. Lee statue, Robert Schmid, San Francisco, Slavery, slippery slope, St. Junipero Serra, Teddy Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Washington statue, Williams Wickham statue
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