activists fighting for years to remove those civil war monuments. their efforts, in part, sparking the unite the right rally in 2017. many locals now refer to that summer as the summer of hate. blood and soil! reporter: torch-wielding demonstrators marching through the university of virginia s campus. you will not replace us! reporter: the rally meeting a violent end when an avowed neo-nazi drove his car into a crowd, killing activist heather heyer and injuring 19 others. the removal of those statues today the latest in a cross-country movement. cities and states now reckoning with america s dark past, eliminating symbols of racism from public areas. to have people not see the reality and the brutality of these statues is overwhelming. so this is a good day. reporter: whit, here in historic alexandria, virginia, another monument was hauled off last year. it was just one of 170
how were the killers able to so easily get past security and take the life of a president? raf sanchez, nbc news. in virginia today, a turning point nearly four years after that deadly clash over civil war monuments and race in charlottesville. the confederate statues were finally taken down monica alba has more here it comes. reporter: cheers today as bronze statues of confederate generals robert e. lee and stonewall jackson were pulled from public parks in charlottesville. happiness and elation, but sadness of what it has taken to get us to this point. these symbols are bad for the community. and today we ve removed that hate. reporter: taken down a century after being built, and nearly four years after white supremacists and neo-nazi groups held a unite the right rally, protesting calls to remove the monuments of the 19th century military leader. the violence turned deadly when a civil rights activist was
by Eric J. Wittenberg El Dorado Hills, Ca.: Savas Beattie, 2014. Pp. xx, 288. Illus., maps, appends, notes, biblio., index. $35.00. ISBN: 1611212081
Opening the Ball at Gettysburg
This outstanding volume by author Eric Wittenberg opens by introducing us to John Buford and the men he led. The narrative provides a concise account of Buford s role in the Gettysburg Campaign, including a detailed tactical discussion of his prominent role in the battle on July 1st and 2nd and ending through the withdrawal of his 1st Cavalry Division. Wittenberg, who’s written a goodly number of excellent books on the Civil War, makes effective use of anecdotes about Buford and his men, to help us better understand the battle. He. concludes with an analysis of the critical roles played in the battle by Buford, his brigade commanders, Colonels William Gamble and Thomas Devin, and the troops they led.
by Thomas J. Brown Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019. Pp. xii, 366. Illus., notes, biblio., index. $29.95. ISBN: 1469653745
Memorializing War and the Shaping of Memory
Monuments have been in installed in what is now the United States since the colonial era. And they have been demolished for just as long. In July of 1776, after the reading of the Declaration of Independence, citizens of New York tore down a monument of King George III, and used the metal to mould bullets to fire at his troops. Many Americans in earlier times, viewed statues and other monuments as not necessarily well-suited with to a republic and democracy.