Maryland Puts Up Statues of Tubman and Douglass and Then, Virginia Again

February 10, 2020

**  Maryland to unveil statues of Tubman and Douglass in  Capitol.  (I am all in favor of these statues being put up to honor the roles of Blacks in this country's history, but NOT when they take down Confederate statues.  Does this mean that if research is done and something found in these people's background that might offend someone that they then must be taken down?

**  A proposal to remove a Virginia statue may have backfired.  (A Republican lawmaker in the state decided to "get" the Democrats in their efforts to remove the Confederacy, and also remove the statue of Harry Flood Byrd, a Democrat, as  well. But Byrd was a segregationist. This was in the Washington Post, so I imagine they are gloating about this.)

Rubbing Salt Into the Wounds.  A Real Slap in the Face.  --Old Secesh