"In memory of the boys who wore the gray"pineapplemike wrote:New red meat for the thread, not that it needs any. How is it 2017 on the internet and this woman did not fall off the ladder
http://wncn.com/2017/08/14/protesters-r ... ourthouse/
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – A crowd of protesters gathered outside the old Durham County courthouse on Main Street Monday evening in opposition to a Confederate monument in front of the government building.
Around 7:10 p.m. a woman using a ladder climbed the statue of a soldier and attached a rope around the statue.
Moments later, the crowd pulled on the rope and the statue fell. One man quickly ran up and spat on the statue and several others began kicking it.
It’s not clear where law enforcement officers were during the protest.
In 1924, the Confederate statue was dedicated to Durham.
Engraved on the front of the monument is “The Confederate States of America.”
Above it, is a statue representing a soldier who fought in the civil war.
So much for that...although there is always the risk that the memory will not be forgotten, but in fact will be revitalized and expressed in unpredictable ways.