the model for the civilized world
2020-06-02 17:05:26.967813+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Twitter thread about the dismantlement of one of Birmingham's Confederate monuments
The history behind Birmingham monuments damaged during George Floyd protest notes that when the monument was built in 1894:
News editor Rufus N. Rhodes, who headed a ‘Sons of Confederate Veterans’ group and is honored with a Birmingham park of his own, introduced Confederate Gen. Stephen D. Lee to the crowd as “the model for the civilized world.”</blockqutoe>
“May the blood of our martyrs be the seed of such a race in the future,” Lee said of the Confederate dead. A Bible, Confederate flag, and Birmingham newspapers were placed inside the cornerstone.