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House Committee Considering Bills To Remove Confederate Statues From National Park System

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By NPT Staff - July 20th, 2020
A trio of bills dealing with Confederate monuments are to be debated by a House subcommittee on Tuesday.

A trio of bills dealing with Confederate monuments are to be debated by a House subcommittee on Tuesday.

Two measures calling for removal of statues on federal properties, including the National Park System, that memorialize the Confederacy are scheduled to be discussed Tuesday by the House of Representatives' subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. A third measure asks for an inventory of "Confederate commemorative works" on federal lands.

One of the measures, introduced by U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-District of Columbia, calls for removal of the Albert Pike statue erected near Judiciary Square in the District of Columbia. Pike was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army and supporter of slavery. The statue was toppled by protesters this past June.

Another measure, introduced by U.S. Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Maryland, calls for removal of the monument to Robert E. Lee at the Antietam National Battlefield. The statue was vandalized last week, with graffiti sprayed on the statue calling Lee a racist and calling for "Death to Slavery."

The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EST and will be live-streamed at this page.

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Submitted by E Clarke on October 4, 2020 - 12:23pm.

Better just read books with no pictures.  Wouldn't want any of those pesky useless visuals, like statues.  Of course, I don't have a degree in history, so what do I know.


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