Freedman Memorial must remain standing for Charlotte Scott

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The debate over the Freedman Memorial statue in Lincoln Park should be over before it begins based on its history alone. Thomas Ball sculpted the piece after submitting his marble prototype. Former slaves paid for it and it was dedicated in 1876.

According to the National Park Service, the monument was paid for solely by former slaves. This monument was erected by the Western Sanitary Commission of Saint Louis Mo:

With funds contributed solely by emancipated citizens of the United States declared free by his proclamation January 1 A.D. 1863. The first contribution of five dollars was made by Charlotte Scott. A freedwoman of Virginia being her first earnings in freedom and consecrated by her suggestion and request on the day she heard of President Lincoln’s death to build a monument to his memory.

You can’t take this down! You can’t!!! This story brings tears to one’s eyes. Tell the story of the statue to others so people fight for it.

Frederick Douglass spoke as the keynote speaker at the dedication service on April 14, 1876, with President Ulysses S. Grant in attendance.

The slave at Lincoln’s feet wears a broken chain, and he is looking up to Mr. Lincoln, not down.  Lincoln is holding a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation in his right hand.

The statue signifies the end of what was horrendous abuse. It shows the terrible subjugation and it should.

LISTEN TO THIS BLACK HISTORIAN

TAKE IT DOWN

The leftist Democrats say it was political and reflected the failure of Reconstruction. It is a very cynical view from the very people who make everything political. If it was good enough for Frederick Douglass and Charlotte Scott, it should be good enough for all of us.

On June 23, 2020, DC delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, an extremely far-left woman, announced plans to introduce legislation to remove the memorial. That same day, protesters on site vowed to dismantle the statue on Thursday, June 25 at 7:00 p.m. local time. Subsequently, a barrier fence was installed around the memorial to protect it from vandalism.

Original marble cast. The slave didn’t have tight, curly hair and the former slaves ask that it be corrected, and it was.

It shows the slave rising from degradation. The story should make you weep.

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davesweeny
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davesweeny
3 years ago

According to radical Marxists, all of the existing capitalist culture must be rooted out and destroyed, with no exceptions. Apparently, you didn’t read enough Marx to know this. This is the radical Marxist’s latest version of the radical revolution to end all revolutions and to end all peace on earth.. True radicals do not advocate a piecemeal re-do of what currently exists; Don’t confuse the radicals with the more liberal Mensheviks,
The radical Bolsheviks leave no stone upturned, no statue left behind, no history book unburned. They didn’t leave behind any Mensheviks either.
After they have completely destroyed our civilization, they will start the world anew from scratch. Maybe this time they’ll get it right. They consistently fail, and fail again, but admittedly, they are dogged, have one track minds, do not learn from their mistakes, they are, in a word, persistent.
So is Trump. That’s why they hate him. Trump is a consistent winner. After this nonsense is over, we’re going to put up a giant statue of Trump. It’s going to be huge.

BillyBob Texas
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BillyBob Texas
3 years ago

You are ASSUMING those Antifa and BLM thugs can read and comprehend…..you are mistaken, or a fool. If BLM gave a DAMN about Black lives… they would be in Chicago where 45 shot and 14 DEAD BLACKS killed by other BLACKS in the last 18 hours… just another typical weekend In Chicago… and only one of the Dem Black Plantations Ghettos…..WTF is WRONG with you people???? …….well… I know and wish YOU knew and fixed it….