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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2020-07-08

"One wonders whether, about 30 years after the American Revolution, surviving Loyalists would've been allowed to erect #statues of Benedict Arnold as a "tribute" to their "heritage" supporting George III instead of their country. One further wonders why any reasonably patriotic U.S. citizen would be upset, generations later, when the traitor's #statues were pulled down." -- Bryce Wray ([twitter.com profile] BryceWrayTX), 2020-07-05

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posted by [personal profile] ckd at 06:36pm on 2020-07-08
Since there is a monument to Arnold that specifically leaves out his name and represents only his injured foot commemorating his deeds before his betrayal, presumably a carving of whatever body part Robert E. Lee injured at the Battle of Chapultepec would be a suitable replacement for his statues.
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eftychia: Me in kilt and poofy shirt, facing away, playing acoustic guitar behind head (Default)

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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 09:59pm on 2020-07-08

I could live with that idea.

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posted by [personal profile] selki at 11:09pm on 2020-07-08
Or just a statue of his horse, Traveler.
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posted by [personal profile] amaebi at 03:19pm on 2020-07-09
Thanks, I was hoping someone mentioned that. I told my son about it just the other day.
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posted by [personal profile] selki at 11:08pm on 2020-07-08
Right.
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