The continued presence of Confederate statues in America’s cities and towns, painful and insulting for so many, has been the subject of often ponderous debate
MORE THAN 40 feet off the ground and weighing 12 tonnes, the colossal bronze statue of Robert E. Lee astride his horse that has stood on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, for 130 years was too high and heavy for protesters to topple. Instead they covered the stone base beneath the Confederacy’s leading general with graffiti: “Black Lives Matter”; “Down with hate”; “Uplift!” More evocative than an empty plinth, the site has become a place for activists and locals to gather.
Their continued presence in America’s cities and towns, painful and insulting for so many, has been the subject of often ponderous debate. Two years ago a commission in Richmond published its recommendations on what should be done with Monument Avenue’s five Confederate statues.
The shift in public opinion this suggests is evident in the response of businesses and political leaders. Last week NASCAR, a car-racing tournament popular in the South, banned the rebel flag, which has long fluttered at its races. The navy and the marine corps, as well as the army’s forces in South Korea, said they were banning Confederate symbols from their public spaces.
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