Yeah. In some ways the romanticization of someone like Rommel is similar to the romanticization of someone like J.E.B. Stuart.
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Factoid:
Stalin was not the manās name.
He took it to indicate he was strong as steel
http://factmyth.com/factoids/lenin-and-stalin-are-real-names/
I find it funny how the whole guilt-by-association thing goes. If you look at the strategy that Lee developed and used on the battlefield you would think the man a military genius. If he had been born in the North would that have made a difference in the way people feel?
Traveler gets such a horrible rap because he was leeās horse. If you ever read about the horse you would see a very steadfast horse that was super Brave and would run himself to death for you.
Our much-revered first president of the United States George Washington own slaves. Does this mean we should pull down the Washington Monument? Should we rename Washingt
Maybe Iām just getting old but I really donāt understand today mentality among peopleāpeople. Traveler was a truly amazing horse who should be revered and remembered for his own actions. Just my 2Ā¢
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wondering how far this can go?
In the wake of the white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Va., ESPN has reassigned announcer Robert Lee from broadcasting Virginiaās season-opening game against William & Mary because of the similarity of his name to the famous Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
Washington and Lee were not even remotely similar. The difference between the two men in terms of when they lived and what they accomplished in their lives is enormous.
Washington was one of the founders of the U.S.; Leeās claim to fame was to be a general that sought to rip the U.S. apart.
They both owned slaves, but Washington freed his in his will. During his lifetime slavery was still relatively common in the western world, although it was increasingly being questioned. He died in 1799; in 1807 the trans-Atlantic slave trade was banned by treaty after a long abolitionist campaign because of the significant degree of criticism and scrutiny that the trade had garnered.
Slave-owners in the U.S. continued to own slaves under U.S. law, but over the course of the early 1800s, the U.Sā¦ became an outlier in terms of allowing slave-owning.
Thank you for explaining that not-so-minor difference - building the country versus trying to tear it apart - that seems to escape so many people.
I personally think many of the disputed statues are beautiful works of art (especially the horses) that should be put in an appropriate place, whether a battleground or a Confederate/Civil War museum, where people could see them but not have them in modern civic locations (courthouses, etc.) where they might be considered symbols of modern civic philosophy.
