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re: Rapid mob of liberals pull down Confederate statue in Durham

Posted on 8/15/17 at 8:17 am to
Posted by BamaAtl
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Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 8/15/17 at 8:17 am to
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But the fact remains.


Agreed. Lincoln's war cabinet so wanted to shame Lee that they ruined his plantation in what they believed would be an irrevocable way - more absolute than burning, more final than salting the earth.

Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
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Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:54 pm to
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Agreed. Lincoln's war cabinet so wanted to shame Lee that they ruined his plantation in what they believed would be an irrevocable way - more absolute than burning, more final than salting the earth.


By ensuring it would be kept up in pristine condition, not razed, and made into a national monument. Sure did show him!
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