Va Flaggers: JEB Stuart Monument Vandalism UPDATE!!!

MONUMENT CLEAN-UP UNDERWAY LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER DESECRATION! :)

We received word early this morning that crews were scheduled to be at the JEB Stuart monument today for clean up.

We sent someone to verify, and when we arrived at 9:30 a.m., clean up was almost complete!

Two men were on site and we shook both workers' hands and thanked them, and told them how much we appreciated their efforts. 

Many thanks, also, to each of you who made a call this morning!

If you are so inclined, please take a moment to send an email or make a phone call and kindly THANK Richmond City officials for their prompt action in this matter. 

James A. Jackson - Director of Public Works
Jacqueline.Howie@RichmondGov.com
Phone: 804-646-3702

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Mayor Dwight C. Jones
Mayor's Office
City of Richmond
900 E. Broad St., Suite 201

Richmond, VA 23219 USA

Phone: (804)646-7970

Fax: (804)646-7987

If you have any information on who may have vandalized the statue, call Richmond Police at (804) 646-5100.

​Susan Hathaway

Virginia Flaggers

P.O. Box 547

Sandston VA 23150

info@vaflaggers.com

Stone Mountain

From: cscitizen@windstream.net

To the Editor (letters@ajc.com):
                   
I recently saw on the T.V. channel 11 website in Atlanta where they were interviewing a person who has started an online petition to have the Confederate Memorial on Stone Mountain removed. Among other, one of the statements that he gave for this was that it did not reflect everyone in Atlanta.
 
Using his analysis then everything pertaining to the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta should be removed because that period of time only covered blacks winning their constitutional rights. So those monuments, memorials, statues, street names, etc. do not reflect everyone in Atlanta as whites already had their civil rights.
 
Another reason for him wanting to see the Confederate Memorial removed from the side of Stone Mountain is because the Ku Klux Klan had held rallies there. The Klan holding their rallies there in the past does not make this a memorial to the Klan any more than it makes it a memorial to gays because gays have visited this park.
 
While this person might not agree with the heroes of others he needs to understand that under America`s constitution they are entitled to pick & choose who their heroes are & when & where they honor them. Just as he is allowed to do with his hero`s & no one has to agree with him.
 
It amazes me that people like this person wants everyone to respect their rights but, its alright for them to deny those same rights to everyone else. Then have the nerve to call us Un - American because we want to remember our Georgia ancestors who served in the Confederate military.

Billy E. Price
Ashville, Al.

Please send an email to the following Parks Study Committee members.

Letter Advice

The Memphis City Council has created a Parks Naming Study Committee to recommend either retaining the original park names to our 3 CS parks or obtaining suggestions for new names.  We need to let them know that the majority of the people are for KEEPING the original historic names.

Let the avalanche begin.

 

Please send an email to the following Parks Study Committee members.  Here are their addresses:

PksStudyCommEmails -- Bill.boyd@memphistn.gov; Harold.collins@memphistn.gov; bgbond@memphis.edu; dcupples@memphis.edu; dadallielama@aol.com; Pastorkeith4@aol.com;jogle@memphisriverfront.com; Michael_robinson@loc.edu; Larry.smith@memphistn.gov;

Please start out with this:

To:  Parks Naming Study Committee

Dear Committee Member:

 "THE CIVIL WAR PARKS SHOULD NOT BE RENAMED.

THEY SHOULD KEEP THEIR HISTORIC NAMES OF FORREST PARK,

CONFEDERATE PARK, AND JEFFERSON DAVIS PARK."

 

Thus, there will be no question about where you stand (and no uncertainty to anybody keeping track of the numbers).

Then give whatever reasons you wish.

 

If you are from out of town, don't feel shy about saying that you have/are/or will travel to Memphis and that one of the important points of your visit is to see Forrest Park, Confederate Park and Jefferson Davis Park.

 

Conclude with: "Please leave the names alone."  Again, so they know exactly where you stand.

Thanks for your help and support.

Your letter does not have to be long.  Be polite; don’t call names. 

And we’re still taking contributions for the Parks Legal Defense Fund.

Citizens to Save Our Parks

PO Box 241875

Memphis, TN  38124

 

Thanks.

Lee Millar, Spokesman

Sons of Confederate Veterans, Memphis