From the September 14, 202, Higher Education "UVA approves removal of controversial statue" by Elizabeth Redden.
A very interesting article about an institution of higher learning taking steps to erase history.
The University of Virginia on Friday announced it would remove a statue that depicts the subjugation of Native American people and rename several other campus landmarks and buildings named after slave holders.
They will move the controversial statue honoring George Rogers Clark to an off-campus location. He was a hero of the American Revolution whose actions helped secure the Northwest Territories (today's Midwest) for the United States. He made attacks on Indians and the statue hails him as the "Conqueror of the Northwest" and features Indian people braced for subjugation.
They will also be renaming the education school, dropping the name of J.L.M. Curry, a Confederate leader and slaveholder, who advocated for free public education but opposed integrated schools. They will also be removing the name Henry Malcom Withers m another Confederate leader and slaveholder from the Withers-Brown Hall of the UVA Law School.
The university also plans to rededicate or remove the Hume Memorial Wall, a Confederate memorial honoring Confederate soldier Frank Hume.
But, Wait, What About UVA's Founder? One Thomas Jefferson? --Old Secesh
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