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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Robert E. Lee, and several of his commanding generals, specifically said that no one should ever commemorate their names or visages. That means no statues, or places named for them. They recognized that they were traitors.

Woodrow Wilson didn't give a fuck about dead men's wishes.