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America's Racial Awakening Forces Virginia Military Institute To Confront Its Past—And Future


America s Racial Awakening Forces Virginia Military Institute To Confront Its Past And Future
Time
2 days ago
Molly Ball/Lexington, Va.
© Jared Soares for TIME
Civil War cannons outside the barracks that house Virginia Military Institute’s cadets in Lexington, Va. on May 6, 2021.
It was a cold morning last December when they finally took Stonewall Jackson down. No ceremony was held, no protesters gathered; snowflakes swirled in the air. A crane silently hoisted the enormous bronze Confederate general from his perch of 108 years.
To many graduates of the Virginia Military Institute, that was no way to treat a hero. In a Facebook group for the “VMI Spirit,” alumni mourned the “erasing” of their cherished history. One called it “ethnic cleansing.” Several vowed to write the school out of their wills. “Shame on you low-life PsOS that were involved in this decision,” another man wrote. “May you be haunted nightly, by ....

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