Tag: secession

Written by Edwin Sandy Jordan

Patriot or Traitor

Robert E. Lee Civic authorities recently removed statues of Robert E. Lee from Monument Avenue in Richmond and from a memorial park in Charlottesville.  Many people hailed this move as only fitting.  After all, Lee was a slaveholder, and he was a traitor to the United States.  His actions led to the death of many […]

Written by Edwin Sandy Jordan

Traitors

  Confederate Monument At Gettysburg    Confederate statues and symbols are being torn down and destroyed all over the country. Recently I read that some people are calling for the removal of Confederate monuments from the fields at Gettysburg.  How sad.  Do they wish to erase history? Was the Union army fighting against ghosts?  It […]