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Lazarus

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Same way Washington State, Pennsylvania and all the states in the north


have Confederate statues.

As - I think is was Ken Burns, but a noted historian said - No war ever fought was so re-defined in history by the losers.

Heck Kentucky had a statue of Jeff Davis in its capitol building until two weeks ago. Kentucky never joined the Confederacy. It was officially neutral. (It is the 13th star in the Confederate flag). But it was never in Confederacy and was occupied by Union troops for basically the entire war.

How in the world, did they end up with a Jeff Davis statue?

Answer as Bunker Boy would put it -- White Power.

(In response to this post by jdubforwahoowa)

Posted: 07/01/2020 at 10:35AM



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