A new Alabama law makes sure Confederate monuments

kimi

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A new Alabama law makes sure Confederate monuments are here to stay

Gov. Kay Ivy on Wednesday signed a bill approving the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017.
The law bars the removal, renaming, removal and alteration of monuments, memorial streets, memorial buildings and architecturally significant buildings located on public property for 40 or more years.
The law creates the Committee on Alabama Monument Protection.

Complete article here:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/26/us/alabama-confederate-monuments-bill-trnd/index.html

spasmcreek

Alabama should promote tourism where history is TRUTH, not liberal fiction

fideau

Another post got me thinking. With all this removing monuments, are the battlefields next? Most of them are in prime real estate areas.
People have wanted to get their hands on these properties for years. Greed may win out over the history they want to eradicate.

beneteau

Tennessee's and Mississippi's law is better

In 2013, Tennessee passed the "Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2013".

The law prohibits the removal, renaming, relocation, alteration, rededication, or otherwise disturbing or alteration of any memorial regarding an "historic conflict," "historic entity," "historic event," "historic figure," or "historic organization" that is, or is located on, public property, unless the commission grants a waiver.

The protection includes:

Statues
Monuments
Memorials
Nameplates
Plaques
Historic Flag Displays
Schools
Streets
Bridges
Buildings
Parks
Preserves
Reserves

The law also provides for proper maintenance of such sites.

The law prevents any local government from going rogue, such as in New Orleans, LA, and altering Tennessee's historic places on a whim.



In 2016, Tennessee adopted an updated form of the law entitled the "Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2016".

Under the new law, it is even more difficult for any entity or local government to change Tennessee's historic places.

Under the 2013 law, a local government or entity only needed a majority vote with the Tennessee Historical Commission to rename, remove, or relocate any statues, monuments and other memorials. With the new 2016 law, a two-thirds majority vote from the Tennessee Historical Commission is needed.


Mississippi:

According to Mississippi Law, no statue, monument, memorial, or landmark from any war can be removed from a public property unless it's being moved to another approved location or if it blocks drivers from seeing.

kimi

Thank you, beneteau. Nathan Bedford Forest's statue is still standing, but the 5709090u867, as in second class citizens, are still determined to have it removed:

http://www.localmemphis.com/news/local-news/legal-fight-continues-over-removing-statue-of-gen-nathan-bedford-forrest/714313737

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shilowar

I am not a southerner, nor were my ancestor participants in the civil strife. But I find it horrifying that the liberals are sanitizing our history. These memorials, and the sacrifices made by both sides of that conflict should be protected at all costs.

Did you know that in the cemetery at Appomattox courthouse there is a line of graves. All the graves for the exception of one at the end at Confederate. each grave flies a small Confederate flag for the exception of one Union flag. Quite a scene.

kimi

quote:Originally posted by shilowar
I am not a southerner, nor were my ancestor participants in the civil strife. But I find it horrifying that the liberals are sanitizing our history. These memorials, and the sacrifices made by both sides of that conflict should be protected at all costs.

Did you know that in the cemetery at Appomattox courthouse there is a line of graves. All the graves for the exception of one at the end at Confederate. each grave flies a small Confederate flag for the exception of one Union flag. Quite a scene.




Thank you.