Rob Shimshock Baltimore renamed a Confederate park for Harriet Tubman after removing four Confederate statues from the park in August following the “Unite the Right” Charlottesville rally, according to a Monday report. The city rededicated the park to Tubman Saturday, the 105th anniversary of the abolitionist’s death, reported CNN. The park previously contained statues dedicated to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Amber Randall A century-old Confederate statue had its “hands” cut off and its rifle removed in act of vandalism that may cost approximately $200,000 to fix. The Georgia statue, located in the Myrtle Hill Cemetery, had to be taken down from its pedestal in light of the damages to it, ABC News…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock A North Carolina county will slash funding to a volunteer fire department because of the department’s flying of a Confederate flag, according to a Thursday report. While the fire department obtains $19,000 annually and $400,000 every 10 years for a new truck, Montgomery County, N.C. commissioners said they will only…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Just when you thought the Confederate Flag and Monument Controversy was over. A volunteer fire department is about to loose funding in Montgomery County, North Carolina for flying it over their fire house. From Fox 8 News: A volunteer fire department could lose some of its funding if they don’t take…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock Massachusetts will remove its only Confederate memorial following Columbus Day weekend, the state announced Monday. The headstone honoring 13 Confederate soldiers sits on Georges Island near Boston, reported The Boston Globe. The state previously boarded up the memorial in June, as pictured below. The now-defunct Boston arm of the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock Three college students and one former student were arraigned Tuesday and Wednesday and face five years in prison each for wearing masks while protesting a Richmond, Va., Confederate rally Saturday. The four individuals, who were either current or former Virginia Commonwealth University students, violated a 1952 Virginia law…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: From Associated Press, KSDK: A Missouri lawmaker says in a Facebook post that he hopes whoever placed paint on a Confederate monument in Springfield is found and hanged. Osceola Republican Rep. Warren Love said in a Facebook post Wednesday that he hopes whoever vandalized the monument is “hung from a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Nick Givas MSNBC anchor Craig Melvin called Confederate statues a “big middle finger” to “people who look like me” during a Wednesday “MSNBC Live” segment. “A lot of folks fail to recognize, and maybe they just don’t know that the bulk of these statues, they weren’t put up in…
Michael Bastasch The Interior Department won’t be removing monuments to Confederate soldiers at national battlefields that are “an important part of our country’s history,” according to a spokesman. “The National Park Service is committed to safeguarding these memorials while simultaneously educating visitors holistically and objectively about the actions, motivations and causes of the soldiers and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation Wednesday that protects Confederate memorials from removal or modification. Specifically, the law bans the removal or modification of monuments that have been in place for more than 40 years, according to the Associated Press. Schools that have born an individual’s name…