City Considering What To Do With 4 Confederate Monuments (MD)

[struggle4progress]

December 15, 2015 9:05 PM
By Meghan McCorkell

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — ... The city is considering what to do with four Confederate monuments that currently sit on public land ...

The monuments being reviewed are the Roger B. Taney Statue, the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, the Confederate Women’s Memorial and the Lee Jackson Statue.

The commission will make a recommendation to the mayor that will range anywhere from preservation to removal.

The move comes as the University of Maryland votes to rename Byrd Stadium and Baltimore City opts to change the name of Robert E. Lee Park ...

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/12/15/city-considering-what-to-do-with-4-confederate-monuments/

[chalmers]

1. I say smash the pedestals

and melt the statues down. No place for Confederates in this country

[struggle4progress]

2. I'd vote for the one in my town to be moved down to the solid waste hub, spray-painted

hot pink and fluorescent green, with a sign around its neck "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle"