I live in central/western Maryland. Virginia is only a few miles away and Gettysburg, PA is only about a 1/2 hour's drive. This whole area was riddled with battles. Matter of fact, where I sit right now as I'm writing this, people died in the Battle of the Monocacy. Everywhere you go around here for a 60 mile radius (or further), there are many Confederate, as well as Union statues commemorating people and units who fought in those places. The reason for these statues is to remember those AMERICANS who fought and died for their cause. THIS is American history and should be held as such.
Now with a new liberal Democrat governor of VA, they are now calling for ALL of the Confederate statues to be taken down. It's as if they are trying to erase history, which they can't.
Now with the flag going away, the history will remain. I hope they feel better, but their problems won't be solved this way.
