VA Judge Took 'The Rug Out From Under' Charlottesville In Its Attempt to Remove Confederate Statutes

One Virginia judge just slapped the city of Charlottesville in its attempt to remove the statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The men fought for the confederacy, even though Lee wasn’t a die-hard secessionist or pro-slavery. And his actions after Appomattox all but guaranteed that no guerilla war would ensue after the Confederacy’s formal surrender. He knew it was over and he told his troops that. He and Jackson are part of American history. That cannot be erased—and both are some of the finest generals this nation has ever produced. The Battle of Chancellorsville, my favorite of the war, is a testament to that point. The city tried to say that the statutes were a 14th Amendment violation because it made people upset. The judge dismissed that garbage point and very plainly pointed out that it’s illegal to remove war memorials within a locality (via WTOP):-- More...