Essay On Confederate Monuments
Confederate Monuments
The Confederate monuments are a vital part of history and eliminating them is like eliminating history. The past is the past and the monuments do not stand for racism it stands for a part of history and it definitely wasn't a good part of history but it was a learning experience for it to not happen again. The statues and flag stands for history of the south and every time someone see a flag or monument it reminds them of what the ancestors of the south did and fought for in the civil war. If that is taken away eventually the whole memory all together will be forgotten. They stand for the south and the way of life , the struggle they went through in order to obtain states rights, and the past events and without them the nation wouldn’t be where it is now. …show more content…
The future will no longer know about the history of the south or the way of life. President Donald Trump states "Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments," Trump tweeted. "You can't change history, but you can learn from it.(Greenwood, Max. “Trump defends 'beautiful' Confederate statues.” TheHill, 17 Aug. 2017) The United States went through some rough patches but in every journey there is good and bad, and the bad either makes or breaks you, but you always remember it. To have the flag and monuments is not fair to the remembrance of all the Confederate soldiers who sacrificed their lives in order to the good of the country. Brophy contends that the removal of Confederate monuments would “quite literally, erase an unsavory — but important — part of our nation’s history.” (“PRO AND CON: Should Confederate monuments be removed?” Richmond Times-Dispatch, 16 May 2017) If we don’t have the monuments eventually the memory of them will just fade away. The Confederate monuments should not be removed from public
The Confederate monuments are a vital part of history and eliminating them is like eliminating history. The past is the past and the monuments do not stand for racism it stands for a part of history and it definitely wasn't a good part of history but it was a learning experience for it to not happen again. The statues and flag stands for history of the south and every time someone see a flag or monument it reminds them of what the ancestors of the south did and fought for in the civil war. If that is taken away eventually the whole memory all together will be forgotten. They stand for the south and the way of life , the struggle they went through in order to obtain states rights, and the past events and without them the nation wouldn’t be where it is now. …show more content…
The future will no longer know about the history of the south or the way of life. President Donald Trump states "Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments," Trump tweeted. "You can't change history, but you can learn from it.(Greenwood, Max. “Trump defends 'beautiful' Confederate statues.” TheHill, 17 Aug. 2017) The United States went through some rough patches but in every journey there is good and bad, and the bad either makes or breaks you, but you always remember it. To have the flag and monuments is not fair to the remembrance of all the Confederate soldiers who sacrificed their lives in order to the good of the country. Brophy contends that the removal of Confederate monuments would “quite literally, erase an unsavory — but important — part of our nation’s history.” (“PRO AND CON: Should Confederate monuments be removed?” Richmond Times-Dispatch, 16 May 2017) If we don’t have the monuments eventually the memory of them will just fade away. The Confederate monuments should not be removed from public