“Gone With the Wind” Is a Confederate Monument Says Historian Nina Silber

[PatYoung]

Professor Nina Silber has studied the impact of "Gone With the Wind" on race relations during the Depression Era. She has a compelling article on the film in today's Washington Post.

"Gone With the Wind" Is a Confederate Monument Says Historian Nina Silber - The Reconstruction Era

Historian Nina Silber has an interesting article in today’s Washington Post titled ‘Gone With the Wind’ is also a Confederate monument, but on film instead...

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[diane]

A thought provoking piece. I understand the feelings about this movie and others like it but I want to know why Netflix has not been forced to remove The Ridiculous Six. Hardly a classic but way more racist than GWTW!

 

[5fish]

Here is one monument or memorial thought would survive because where it located but not, it is being removed... Yeah! @Tom

Confederate memorial to be removed in coming days from Arlington National Cemetery

A Confederate memorial’s days at Arlington National Cemetery are numbered. A cemetery official says the memorial is to be removed from the northern Virginia cemetery in the coming days. It’s part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military facilities. The...

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The U.S. Army is set to remove a Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery, despite opposition from congressional Republicans. The removal was recommended by a bipartisan commission after the murder of George Floyd.

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin plans to relocate the monument to New Market Battlefield State Park.

The Army will proceed with the monument's removal to comply with a law to remove assets that commemorate the Confederacy. The removal process will cost $3 million and the memorial's bron

 

[5fish]

One more story... On the Arlington Confederate statue...

House Republicans urge Pentagon to block removal of a Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery

More than 40 Republican lawmakers want to stop the Pentagon from removing a controversial Confederate statue from Arlington National Cemetery.

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House Republicans want to prevent the Pentagon from removing a Confederate memorial from "America's most sacred shrine," Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Congressman Andrew Clyde led a group of more than 40 GOP colleagues in calling for the Department of Defense to halt the planned removal of the Reconciliation Monument, also known as the Confederate Memorial, "until Congress completes the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations process."

 

[Matt McKeon]

One more story... On the Arlington Confederate statue...

House Republicans urge Pentagon to block removal of a Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery

More than 40 Republican lawmakers want to stop the Pentagon from removing a controversial Confederate statue from Arlington National Cemetery.

www.google.com

House Republicans want to prevent the Pentagon from removing a Confederate memorial from "America's most sacred shrine," Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Congressman Andrew Clyde led a group of more than 40 GOP colleagues in calling for the Department of Defense to halt the planned removal of the Reconciliation Monument, also known as the Confederate Memorial, "until Congress completes the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations process."

That effort has apparently failed. Its still coming down.