(Folks on my "publish list" may have to actually visit my blog page to see the first video http://someonehastospeakup.blogspot.com/ )
And another video of Mr. Edgerton: Former NAACP chapter leader PROPERLY understands and honors Confederate flag
This guy gets it. If displaying this flag as a symbol of anything Confederate, it's to honor those who fought and died serving that flag. And, yes, there were black soldiers also willingly defending their Southern home states serving that flag.
Friday, May 13, 2016
Thursday, May 12, 2016
The revisionist historians are at it again!
The Houston school board caved into political correctness this week. They removed the name of Confederate heroes from four school buildings. So, thanks to political correctness and the lack of fortitude of the Houston School District, gone are the names of Robert E. Lee, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Henry Grady and Richard Dowling from the walls and halls of four Houston public schools.*
Of course, in all their haste to revise history and prove they're not racists a few facts get tossed out the window and ignored.
Firstly, Robert E. Lee was the first officer Union president Abe Lincoln offered command of the Union Army.** He refused it on the grounds that he couldn't raise his sword against his home state of Virginia. And he was very ambivalent about slavery and not really much in favor of secession either.
Like Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson was trained at West Point and both are to this day considered such brilliant military commanders that both their portraits still hang in the U.S. Army War College, the place which molds the American military's future field generals.***
Henry Grady was too young to have actually fought in the Civil War. But he was an orator and journalist, who was part owner and editor of the Atlanta Constitution and a spokesman of the New - as in post-Civil War - South.
“'Henry Grady was a racist. A mild racist for his time,' said James L. Roark, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of American History at Emory University. But it was a rare white person who had no racial prejudice during that period of American history.
“'The danger is to measure everything by today’s values and principles. Measured by that, almost everyone will come up short. If the solution to finding sin in the past is obliteration– changing names or moving monuments – we are really in trouble. We have to find a way to make this thing instructional,' Roark said."
Of course, in all their haste to revise history and prove they're not racists a few facts get tossed out the window and ignored.
Firstly, Robert E. Lee was the first officer Union president Abe Lincoln offered command of the Union Army.** He refused it on the grounds that he couldn't raise his sword against his home state of Virginia. And he was very ambivalent about slavery and not really much in favor of secession either.
Like Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson was trained at West Point and both are to this day considered such brilliant military commanders that both their portraits still hang in the U.S. Army War College, the place which molds the American military's future field generals.***
Henry Grady was too young to have actually fought in the Civil War. But he was an orator and journalist, who was part owner and editor of the Atlanta Constitution and a spokesman of the New - as in post-Civil War - South.
“'Henry Grady was a racist. A mild racist for his time,' said James L. Roark, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of American History at Emory University. But it was a rare white person who had no racial prejudice during that period of American history.
“'The danger is to measure everything by today’s values and principles. Measured by that, almost everyone will come up short. If the solution to finding sin in the past is obliteration– changing names or moving monuments – we are really in trouble. We have to find a way to make this thing instructional,' Roark said."
"Henry W. Grady’s legacy is on view throughout Georgia. There’s Grady County, Grady Memorial Hospital and the statue of Grady at Marietta and Forsyth streets not far from the former offices of this publication. As for schools, there is Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia and Henry W. Grady High School in Midtown.
"Charles N. Davis, dean of UGA’s Grady College said 'What I know for a fact is this university decided to name this college to honor the spokesperson for the New South. The man who worked tirelessly until his early and tragic death to improve relations between races in the deep south.'” [Emphasis added.]****
"Charles N. Davis, dean of UGA’s Grady College said 'What I know for a fact is this university decided to name this college to honor the spokesperson for the New South. The man who worked tirelessly until his early and tragic death to improve relations between races in the deep south.'” [Emphasis added.]****
Irish immigrant Richard Dowling served as a lieutenant in the Confederate army and his artillery batteries helped thwart a Union invasion of Texas and after the War "formed what is considered to be the first oil company in Texas."*****
Really? Seriously? These are the kind of people Houston is too ashamed of to have a school named after? Maybe they should heed the words of Jesus in John 8:7 when he told the accusers of the adultress ""Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone."****
But revisionist historians never let facts, logic and fairness get in the way of political correctness.
*Mellon, E. (14 Jan, 2016) HISD board votes to rename 4 schools named after Confederate loyalists. http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/HISD-board-votes-to-rename-4-schools-named-after-6760140.php
**Civil War Trust (Unk. date) Robert E. Lee. Retrieved 12 May, 2016 from http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/robert-e-lee.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
***Croley, C. (20 Dec. 2013) The Sentinel. US Army War College says removal of Confederate art was taken out of context. Retrieved 12 May, 2016 from http://cumberlink.com/news/local/military/u-s-army-war-college-says-removal-of-confederate-art/article_fbbdc7f4-6814-11e3-864f-001a4bcf887a.html
****Rhone, N. (15 Jan, 2016) The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Henry Grady school in Houston renamed because of Confederate ties. Retrieved 12 May, 2016 from http://talktown.blog.myajc.com/2016/01/15/henry-grady-school-in-houston-renamed-because-of-confederate-ties/
*****Civil War Trust (Unk. date) Richard William Dowling LIEUTENANT. Retrieved 12 May, 2016 from http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/richard-william-dowling.html
******The Holy Bible, NIV translation.
Really? Seriously? These are the kind of people Houston is too ashamed of to have a school named after? Maybe they should heed the words of Jesus in John 8:7 when he told the accusers of the adultress ""Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone."****
But revisionist historians never let facts, logic and fairness get in the way of political correctness.
*Mellon, E. (14 Jan, 2016) HISD board votes to rename 4 schools named after Confederate loyalists. http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/HISD-board-votes-to-rename-4-schools-named-after-6760140.php
**Civil War Trust (Unk. date) Robert E. Lee. Retrieved 12 May, 2016 from http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/robert-e-lee.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
***Croley, C. (20 Dec. 2013) The Sentinel. US Army War College says removal of Confederate art was taken out of context. Retrieved 12 May, 2016 from http://cumberlink.com/news/local/military/u-s-army-war-college-says-removal-of-confederate-art/article_fbbdc7f4-6814-11e3-864f-001a4bcf887a.html
****Rhone, N. (15 Jan, 2016) The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Henry Grady school in Houston renamed because of Confederate ties. Retrieved 12 May, 2016 from http://talktown.blog.myajc.com/2016/01/15/henry-grady-school-in-houston-renamed-because-of-confederate-ties/
*****Civil War Trust (Unk. date) Richard William Dowling LIEUTENANT. Retrieved 12 May, 2016 from http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/richard-william-dowling.html
******The Holy Bible, NIV translation.
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