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Well, we have successfully taken care of the bigotry problem in the US: Robert E. Lee’s controversial statue has been melted down (to be repurposed into other art. Maybe a statue of St. Floyd, whose death united us all in peace and harmony?)<\/p>\n
\nT<\/span>he statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was once at the center of the deadly 2017 White nationalist \u201cUnite the Right\u201d rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been melted down.<\/p>\n
The statue was rendered into bronze ore Saturday at a foundry in an undisclosed location, according to University of Virginia professor Jalane Schmidt.<\/p>\n
Schmidt co-leads \u201cSwords into Plowshares,\u201d a project dedicated to transforming the controversial Lee statue into public art.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MSN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Me, I just want to know what bronze ore is. I just love intelligent journalists.<\/p>\n
We already eliminated the picture of Aunt Jemima, cutting off royalties to the Lillian Richards family of Hawkins, TX ( the Pancake Capital of Texas) that has been relying on ’em for three quarters of a century, and that Indian lady on the butter tub, not to mention correcting the oxymoron Uncle Ben’s White rice.\u00a0 What could be left? Ah… those Dixie-named forts:<\/p>\n
The Army on Friday redesignated the last of nine installations that had been named after Civil War-era Confederates, completing a process that began nearly three years ago with an order from Congress.<\/p>\n
The final base, previously known as Fort Gordon after a Confederate lieutenant general, was renamed Fort Eisenhower during a ceremony Friday on the base’s parade field.\u00a0 Military.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I know I don’t have to explain who Eisenhower was…geez, Ed has to use one-syllable words to write to me and even I know who Ike was.\u00a0 Thank Jeff LPH for following list:<\/p>\n
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- Fort Barfoot, Virginia<\/a>, once Fort Pickett, was renamed after Col. Van T. Barfoot on March 24. He received the Medal of Honor during World War II for his actions as a noncommissioned officer in Italy in 1944.<\/li>\n
- Fort Novosel, Alabama<\/a>, once Fort Rucker, was renamed on April 10 for Chief Warrant Officer Michael Novosel, who fought in three wars and received the Medal of Honor for a Vietnam War medical evacuation mission.<\/li>\n
- Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia<\/a>, once Fort Lee, was rechristened April 27 for Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg, the Army\u2019s first Black lieutenant general, and Lt. Col. Charity Adams, who commanded the all-Black female 6888th Postal Battalion during World War II<\/li>\n
- Fort Cavazos, Texas<\/a>, once Fort Hood, was redesignated for infantry Gen. Richard Cavazos, the service\u2019s first Latino four-star, on May 9. Cavazos, who led soldiers in both Korea and Vietnam, twice received the Distinguished Service Cross.<\/li>\n
- Fort Bragg, North Carolina, became Fort Liberty<\/a> on June 2.<\/li>\n
- Fort Polk, Louisiana, transitioned to Fort Johnson<\/a> on June 13. Nearly a century after his exploits, Sgt. William Henry Johnson of the World War I \u201cHarlem Hellfighters,\u201d received the Medal of Honor in 2015.<\/li>\n
- Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, transitioned to Fort Walker<\/a>, named for Civil War surgeon and Medal of Honor recipient Mary Edwards Walker, August 25.<\/li>\n
- Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, was renamed<\/a> Louisiana National Guard Training Center-Pineville on Oct. 20.\u00a0\u00a0 Army Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n
So have a happy Halloween, secure in the knowledge that the $50,000,000 we spent to do all this renaming was worth it.<\/p>\n
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