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Post by neferetus on May 31, 2007 0:41:13 GMT -5
Whatever became of RebAl's thread on Confederate Monuments? He posted quite a few photos there, as I recall.
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Post by neferetus on May 31, 2007 0:43:29 GMT -5
 Confederate Monument in New Braunfels, Texas. |
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Post by neferetus on May 31, 2007 0:44:43 GMT -5
 Confederate Monument in New Braunfels, Texas, opposite view. |
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Post by RebAl on May 31, 2007 1:59:08 GMT -5
My picture of the monument when I passed through that way.  |
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Post by Cole_blooded on May 31, 2007 18:47:10 GMT -5
RebAl/Alex, time for you to do a book and or a website on your "Confederate Journey`s" and load them with your wonderful photos and such! ;D TED COLE....AKA....Cole_blooded  |
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Post by Greg C. on Jun 1, 2007 5:57:47 GMT -5
His "Rebs Remembered" Site has lots of nice photos.
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Post by RebAl on Oct 22, 2007 14:44:46 GMT -5
Dallas, Greenwood Cemetery  Alexandria, Louisiana  Stonewall Jackson grave monument, Lexington, Virginia  General A.S. Johnston, Austin, Texas  Terry's Texas Rangers monument, Austin, Texas  Confederate Monument, Austin, Texas  A few from Virginia Tazwell  New Castle  Bedford, Va.   Lynchburg, Va. 2nd Va. Cavalry   Buchanan, Virginia  Pulaski, Virginia  Memorial windows at Mississippi State University (Ole Miss) Oxford, Miss.    Campus grounds, University of the South, Sewanee, Tn.  Chattanooga, Tn.  Battlefield marker, Tupelo, Mississippi  Clarksville, Arkansas  "Silent Sentry" Camp Moore, Louisiana  Popularsville, Mississippi  Confederate monument First Presbyterian churchyard, Columbia, South Carolina. It was fashioned from a column recovered from the State House destroyed by General Sherman.  Historical Marker, Lewisburg, West Virginia  Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama  Tuskeegee, Alabama  Macon, Georgia  West Point, Georgia  Selma, Alabama  Demopolis, Alabama  Statue on the top of the tomb to the ANV in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.  Washington Artillery monument, Metairie cemetery  Raymond, Mississippi  Alexandria, Louisiana  Danbury, North Carolina The stones surrounding the central monument each bears a local unit.    Hindleburg, Mississippi detail on the monument  Jefferson, Texas  Shreveport, Louisiana  Plaque near monument  Leesburg,Va. I believe that the town council used the image on their stationery at one time.  Rededication of the monument at Goldsboro, North Carolina    One of Texas's famous sons! Dick Dowling, Houston, Texas   |
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Post by neferetus on Oct 22, 2007 17:17:04 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing, Alex. Great journey.
P.S. Sorry I was not in New Braunfels the time you were passing through.
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Post by Greg C. on Oct 22, 2007 17:49:43 GMT -5
Thanks to Al, we have officially become the Alamo site with the most confederate monument pics! Keep 'em coming!
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Post by seguin on Oct 22, 2007 23:24:22 GMT -5
Great pics! Thanks for sharing...
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Post by RebAl on Oct 23, 2007 7:20:36 GMT -5
Waxahachie, Texas  Corsicana, Texas  Dallas, Texas  Paris, Texas  Dallas, Greenwood cemetery. Not in Texas but to remember the Texans at Vicksburg, Mississippi  Arlington cemetery is a beautiful and sad place to visit the Confederate lot is behind Arlington house the massive monument is stunning the sculptor asked to be buried beneath it when he died.  A very young Reb_Al     General Nathan Bedford Forrest theGeneral and his wife are buried beneath it. Memphis, Tennessee  Forest Hill Cemetery. Madison, Wisconsin. Confederate Rest A large number of Confederate soldiers captured in 1862 at Island Number 10 on the Mississippi River were sent to prison at Camp Randall. Many sickened and died due to exposure and disease. They were buried in Confederate Rest. By 1868 these graves were being neglected when a Louisiana-born widow name Alice Waterman came to Madison to manage the Vilas House Hotel. At her own expense she maintained the plot until her death in 1897. She is buried among "her boys" The large stone is Alice Waterman's  |
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Post by neferetus on Oct 23, 2007 10:32:12 GMT -5
Glad to see you in one of the photos, Alex.
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Post by Rick on Oct 23, 2007 17:56:36 GMT -5
That's a good shot of the Forrest statue.
There's a new biography out on Forrest, though I've not yet read it. Has anybody out there read it?
Also, good ol' Nate remains a target of the PC police. Here in El Paso, there's a Nathan Bedford Forrest Road near Fort Bliss, and a while back there were some letters to the editor whining about having a road named after a slaveholder, KKK founder, ad nauseam.
One of these days the same folks'll likely go after Robert E. Lee Road here, and not be satisfied 'til they've removed one of the E's from his last name.
I wear my Confederate flag belt buckle on occasion (recent jury duty comes to mind) just to piss people off, and also have a Confederate flag decal I'd love to put on my truck.
The old Rebel in me emerges more often as I get older.
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Post by RebAl on Oct 24, 2007 1:10:55 GMT -5
Yes, the Forrest monument is quite outstanding. I remember reading somewhere that they wanted to move it from its present location, but with the General and his wife buried beneath it that could prove very awkward.
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Post by Cole_blooded on Oct 25, 2007 0:12:24 GMT -5
I still have the rebel in me for sure, always have and always will! Hey Alex how you doing? ;D TED COLE....aka....Cole_blooded |
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Post by RebAl on Oct 25, 2007 2:21:08 GMT -5
I still have the rebel in me for sure, always have and always will! Hey Alex how you doing? ;D TED COLE....aka....Cole_blooded Hi Ted glad to see you over here. Lynchburg, Virginia  Winchester, Virginia  Warm Springs, Virginia  General Alfred Moulton, Lafayette, Louisiana  Rebel, Louisiana  Fredricksburg, Virginia  Culpeper, Virginia  Norfolk, Virginia This is one of the tallest monuments in the Commonwealth  Eastville, Virginia  Franklin, Virginia  Close up of sections of the Virginia monument, Gettysburg, Pa.    Mississippi monument, Gettusburg   North Carolina monument, Gettysburg    Alabama monument, Vicksburg, Mississippi   General Tilghman monument, killed at the battle of Champion's Hill, Mississippi  Detail from the Mississippi monument, Vicksburg, Mississippi  Lee Chapel, Lexington, Virginia     Close up of the Stonewall Jackson monument in Charlottesville, Virginia It is said to be one of the finest equestrian monuments in the World.  Stanardsville, Virginia  JEB Stuart monument, Richmond, Virginia  Georgetown, South Carolina  |
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Post by Greg C. on Oct 25, 2007 6:06:19 GMT -5
Al, Thanks so much for taking the time to post these! Its really means alot...
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Post by neferetus on Oct 25, 2007 11:16:08 GMT -5
Alex, did you ever speak to any Southrons about the Confederate Monuments, while on site? It would be nice to know the feelings of those who actually live with the monuments in their midst.
Recently, I read this article where the "PC" crowd on a College Campus were calling for the removal a couple of Confederate Monuments because they might be considered offensive to someone. The writer of the article concluded that you should not try to erase history to please some of the present generation, when there are future generations who could benefit from knowing and understanding their past.
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Post by seguin on Oct 25, 2007 11:24:38 GMT -5
Very detailed monuments! Just great! Thanks for sharing, because when you live across the pond the chances for seeing all those monuments are slim...
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Post by RebAl on Oct 25, 2007 14:18:57 GMT -5
Alex, did you ever speak to any Southrons about the Confederate Monuments, while on site? It would be nice to know the feelings of those who actually live with the monuments in their midst. Recently, I read this article where the "PC" crowd on a College Campus were calling for the removal a couple of Confederate Monuments because they might be considered offensive to someone. The writer of the article concluded that you should not try to erase history to please some of the present generation, when there are future generations who could benefit from knowing and understanding their past. Nef You usually found that the people in the towns were extremely proud of their Confederate monument and the schoolchildren layed wreaths on them on Confederate Memorial Day I would say that the PC crowd would remove all the monuments if they were able to but there would be plenty of opposition if that were ever to happen. I spoke to lots of townsfolk on my trips and they were amazed to think that someone had travelled from England to take their monuments photograph. I always found the Southern people both black and white to be very friendly and helpful. |
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