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Slavery's over, move on. Also, Confederate reenactors hold funeral for remains of Civil War general [1]
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Date: 2023-01-24
The reenactors arrived in full Civil War regalia. Women in full-length black dresses and veils, called “widows’ weeds,” solemnly marched along as Hill’s remains (in a coffin) were pulled on a mule-drawn wagon. Following the eulogy was a 21-gun salute fired from a cannon.
x Confederate funeral today in Virginia. These are the same people who tell black people "slavery was so long ago, get over it:" pic.twitter.com/F93gDR9duY — Veronica McDonald🗣 (@Purify_toast17) January 24, 2023
Dave Singleton, one of 600 reenactment players at Hill’s funeral, told the Culpeper Star Exponent he was at Saturday’s event to honor Hill.
“They fought for what they believed in, and we want to celebrate their history, not if you agree with it or don’t agree with it,” he said. “The man needs to be buried and needs to be buried peacefully.”
Patrick Falci, a New York actor and historian who’s portrayed Hill for 30 years, told The Free Lance-Star that “Gen. Hill has been known as Lee’s forgotten general. … But not today. Not here in Culpeper. Not here in Virginia.”
Despite the fact that dozens of Confederate monuments and plaques have been removed in recent years, one monument could be replaced.
The Board of County Commissioners in Bradenton County, Florida, is considering whether or not to reinstall one on the Courthouse lawn.
x Next week Bradenton County, Florida commissioners will consider reinstalling a Confederate monument on its courthouse lawn after it was removed in 2017. It is no accident that this is occurring as @RonDeSantisFL continues to censor the teaching of Black history in public schools. pic.twitter.com/HzGXf9lmBP — Kevin M. Levin - "Follow Me on Substack" (@KevinLevin) January 24, 2023
A common American refrain from the right and conservatives when the conversation about slavery or reparations comes up is that the practice of slavery “has been over for so long” and “why can’t you move on?”
These symbols are reminders. Most were erected decades after the Civil War ended. These racist white men and women draped in Confederate flags are like a million papercuts in a vinegar bath. Why can’t we forget and move on? Because conservative Republican lawmakers are trying to whitewash history. Right now. Today!
RELATED STORY: DeSantis blocks College Board from introducing AP African American Studies course in Florida
On Jan. 12, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wrote a rejection letter to the College Board, nixing a new high school Advanced Placement African American Studies (APAAS) course, which he claims violates Florida’s “Stop W.O.K.E.” Act.
The letter reads in part, “as presented, the content of this course is inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.”
The College Board, which runs the SAT test, recently launched the APAAS pilot of the course in 60 U.S. schools, but conservatives have pounced on the course, alleging that it promotes critical race theory (CRT)—a course that has never been taught anywhere except in law schools and is code for anti-Black American history.
DeSantis and his ilk are hellbent on erasure.
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Florida educator Dr. Marvin Dunn, a professor emeritus at Florida International University, tells The Washington Post he will not back down from teaching the true history of Black Americans in Florida and the horrors they faced.
“Listen, if there is such a thing as the woke mob in Florida, I aspire to lead it,” Dunn said
Dunn says teaching the complete history of the state is a kind of antidote to the “DeSantis-izing of history.”
“Almost all of Florida’s painful racial past has been whitewashed, marginalized or buried intentionally,” Dunn wrote in his book titled A History of Florida: Through Black Eyes. “But I was born here. I know Florida’s flowers and her warts.”
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