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57. The Daughters of the Confederacy had a lot of money to put up statues

Fri Aug 8, 2025, 12:18 PM

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I just saw another thread in this and realized I hadn’t responded to you.

The UDC put monuments everywhere including one in San Diego 🙄. All over the South mostly. Infamously they created Monument Avenue here in Richmond. The only monument left is of Arthur Ashe, who got the hell out of Richmond as fast and as far as he could (UCLA).

The UDC headquarters and museum was in the grounds of the Va. Museum of Fine Arts. An old rickety 2 or 3 story wooden building that burned to the ground in about a minute during the protests in 2020. It was on, ironically, Arthur Ashe Boulevard. It burned so fast my tears could not put out the flames.

This is Wikipedia but it’s a very thorough account of The Lost Cause of the Confederacy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy

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Statue of Confederate general toppled in 2020 to be reinstalled in D.C. [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 4 OP

Tear the fuckin' thing down. twodogsbarking Aug 4 #1

Unless you are a Civil War buff Sneederbunk Aug 4 #2

Or a Freemason. Seeking Serenity Aug 4 #5

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Certainly. TomSlick Tuesday #30

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Separated Masonic lodges, oh boy 🙄.... electric_blue68 Wednesday #35

I am a civil war buff, and I still don't recall ever hearing of him.... Jack Valentino Aug 4 #17

Not a buff myself. Some info about him. underpants Tuesday #29

ah, I'm very weak on the war in the far southwest territories... Jack Valentino Friday #50

The Daughters of the Confederacy had a lot of money to put up statues underpants Friday #57

Or have lived in Colorado Springs al bupp Tuesday #27

It looks like area51 Wednesday #32

Looks like I confused Albert with Zebulon al bupp Wednesday #33

Even if you are a Civil War buff you may not know... Old Testament Libera Saturday #63

Shameful. He deserves no accolades. maxsolomon Aug 4 #3

It will be "toppled" again. Oopsie Daisy Aug 4 #4

Hopefully! oberle Aug 4 #7

5..4...3..2...1 Captain Zero Tuesday #21

You better believe it JustAnotherGen Tuesday #23

It's bait. maxsolomon Wednesday #37

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So why does it feel like he's already been in office forever maxsolomon Wednesday #41

I know. Oopsie Daisy Wednesday #45

Coming soon: Trump library opens with an annex dedicated to Benedict Arnold LT Barclay Aug 4 #6

Hopefully his own statue which we can topple. GreenWave Aug 4 #9

Thst would be great! electric_blue68 Friday #59

Albert Pike was a White Supremacist extraordinaire, a Luciferianist and one of the most evil men of the Confederacy. /nt artemisia1 Aug 4 #8

Why not erect a statue of Albert Speer in DC? DBoon Aug 4 #10

I'd chip in for big one of multigraincracker Aug 4 #11

Actually in NW DC, there is a Sherman Circle IzzaNuDay Yesterday #70

June of 2020 - all I can remember is the Covid lockdown FakeNoose Aug 4 #12

Ironically BumRushDaShow Aug 4 #13

Yes there were a few demonstrations in Pittsburgh also at that time FakeNoose Aug 4 #15

I was right there with you "watching" as well BumRushDaShow Aug 4 #16

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Wondering WHY on earth there was a statue of a Confederate general Jack Valentino Aug 4 #18

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Even for a virtually unknown Confederate officer, so it seems... Jack Valentino Thursday #48

Because the Daughters of the Confederacy went around the nation erecting statues maxsolomon Wednesday #40

.... and most of that was done early in the 20th century, or late in the 19th... Jack Valentino Thursday #47

None of them were torn down prior to the Pandemic/BLM Protests. maxsolomon Thursday #49

They should put it next to BaronChocula Aug 4 #19

A proud traitor... Godot51 Tuesday #22

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