New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it’s time for the U.S. Army to rename two streets named for Confederate generals on an Army base in Brooklyn.
Cuomo sent a letter to Acting Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy on Wednesday. He says the streets named for Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson should be changed. He says it’s especially important following events in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a woman was killed while demonstrating against a white nationalist rally.
An email sent to the Army seeking comment was not immediately answered.
The streets named for the generals run through Fort Hamilton. Plaques commemorating Lee were also stationed nearby, on the grounds of a closed church where he was said to have once planted a tree. Those plaques were taken down Wednesday.
(AP)
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how about getting rid of planed parenthood is that a hate group no of course not ts on the left
Hey Andrew, why don’t you fix the subway trains so New Yorkers can get to work on time?! You are the one responsible for the corrupt MTA. Why must we be taxed twice?
Very few people living in New York care about this issue other than Blacks (whose ancestors, for obvious reasons, were very enthsiastic supporters of the United States). Not only are the typical non-Black New Yorkers the descendants of post-civil war immigrants, but the “old stock” (whose ancestors were here for the Civil War) were, in this part of the country, overwhelming Union (even those in 1861 didn’t object to slavery and weren’t anxious to fight, by 1865 had become overwhelming abolitionist and Union fanatics, retroactively of course). Unlike parts of the country where much of the non-Black populations are descendants of the rebels and there is a danger of reopening old wounds (remember the US did trash the economy of the rebel states and they didn’t recover until the late 20th century, and arguably haven’t recovered yet), there are not many descendants of confederates in New York.
What else is new? Another politician trying to gain some headlines by doing the ‘in-thing’. All of a sudden Gen. Lee has become the villain. Where were these politicians the past 100 yrs?
For all ignorant liberals, go study history, slavery (unfortunately!) at the time was considered the culturally norm — George Washington had slaves and so did Jefferson. It was time for change and many opposed it, including many slaves from the south.
Fact – These statues are part of our history and were considered heroes, and if you don’t like it – go move to Canada!
There are So many Ignorant people in our country. Nebech………………