Bacon's Rebellion

Tag: Catesby Leigh

  • Confederate Monuments’ Uncertain Future

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    James A. Bacon
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    Some have been banished or destroyed, and others are threatened, while one is slated for reinstallation. by Catesby Leigh For a vocal minority, the memory of 2020’s “Summer of Love,” with its orgy of “Black Lives Matter” sloganeering, occupied zones, and statuary vandalism, shines brightly. It’s not hard to see why. The expulsion of Confederate…

  • Virginia’s Monuments War

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    In Charlottesville and Richmond, the fate of historical statuary hangs in the balance. by Catesby Leigh Charlottesville’s public spaces suffered major degradation after George Floyd’s killing, thanks to the removal of five noteworthy statuary works erected between 1909 and 1924: a Confederate sentinel known as Johnny Reb perched on an elaborate pedestal flanked by two…

  • A Monumental Outrage

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    James A. Bacon
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    Charlottesville’s hasty—and possibly illegal—destruction of its Robert E. Lee equestrian statue establishes a toxic precedent. by Catesby Leigh The century-old equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been broken up, and, more likely than not, melted down into bronze ingots by now. But nobody involved in this officially sanctioned act of iconoclasm…