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re: A monument to black Union soldiers goes up while white confederates goes down. Hmmm
Posted on 8/18/22 at 1:12 pm to tigerdude12
Posted on 8/18/22 at 1:12 pm to tigerdude12
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A monument to black Union soldiers goes up while white confederates goes down. Hmmm
Apparently it's not just Union soldiers. It's just a monument to black soldiers from Louisiana.
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Situated in the State Capitol’s Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park, the African American Veterans Monument will honor freed and formerly enslaved Louisiana soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War as well as soldiers from World War I and II, the Vietnam War, the Iraq War and more recent conflicts.
Louisiana is home to more than 80,000 Black veterans, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. About a third of 1.3 million enlisted soldiers, sailors and airmen are Black.
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 2:17 pm to Mickey Goldmill
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Louisiana is home to more than 80,000 Black veterans, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. About a third of 1.3 million enlisted soldiers, sailors and airmen are Black.
I wonder what the white/black ratio of war times deaths is.
I believe now, even with higher #s of blacks enlisted, the ratio is still skewed. People who throw around "enlisted" as something special act like there is no difference between combat soldiers and the everyday support person. Ie...I got no special respect for cooks, office admins, or logistics, etc folks.
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