Larry Henson
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Without The United Daughters of the Confederacy this monument would not exist. That is a fact.

https://apnews.com/article/confederate-memorial-arlington-national-cemetery-39de92aaafbe3765ca8fb8c3...
11:45 PM - Dec 17, 2023
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Ground Control
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As is also true for several of the now-pulled down Confederate statues throughout the South.
11:49 PM - Dec 17, 2023
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Larry Henson
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They wanted to make their fallen look like valiant defenders of the South. Slavers are never hero's.

Estimates vary, but from 450 to 700 statues, markers, and buildings dot the landscape of the South and other parts of the United States as a result of the group's efforts.
Encyclopedia Virginia
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11:57 PM - Dec 17, 2023
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Nancy C
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In response to Larry Henson.
Memorializing a romanticized version of the past to make themselves feel better.
12:14 PM - Dec 18, 2023
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Ground Control
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In response to Larry Henson.
Yep, put up around turn of the 20th century, as I remember.
12:12 AM - Dec 18, 2023
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Larry Henson
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It was unveiled in 1914.
12:26 AM - Dec 18, 2023
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