Let's Begin the discussion. Join Us on Facebook Confederate Discussion Removal Group No one wants to destroy history, we want to get it right and place some of the monuments into museums or on private property. We do not need to have more Confederate monuments than there are Union monuments. Who won the Civil War? Every time we go to war, we change history. The Constitution of the United States has changed throughout our history, It was designed to be changed. There have been 27 amendments added to the US Constitution. Since 1789 there have been 37 states added to the union. Several wars fought and the country expanded from Sea to shining Sea. The moment Christopher Columbus landed on these shores, history was changed. If change did not occur, then progress would not be possible. If change did not occur then only white men with property would be able to vote, slavery would still exist, women still would not be able to vote, and African American and Native Indians would not be citizens. History changes and so does streets, buildings, and people. Change is part of America as Apple Pie. It seems that the Confederate monuments have a higher privilege than religious images have to be on public property. There should be no doubt what the Confederacy stood for, it was more than states' rights, They wanted to maintain a way of life which treated Blacks as slaves and property, women could not vote and native Indians as foreigners in their own land. It is ironic during the time, when native Americans were removed from their own lands. Changing our laws is not changing history, it is what makes us more tolerant and stronger. Removing statues and monuments from public spaces does not destroy history no more than the wind changes the landscape. If it was not for Dr. King's leadership, we would probably be still using separate water fountains, sitting in the back of the bus, and going to separate schools. We can do more than one thing at a time. During the fifties and sixties people were able to do more than one thing at a time, there were problems with education, opportunities, hunger, crime, and education back then, and just like then people asked Dr. King to take it slow, and not go to fast, and don't cause trouble, let things be, but he persevered, Today, you have every right to express yourself now. It is time for the carving on Stone Mountain to be removed. Pg 6 DeKalb Free Press August 18, 2017 Ed Williams https://www.scribd.com/document/356452930/DeKalb-FreePress-8-18-17#from_embed O Say Can We See by the Dawn’s Early Light. What is Wrong with The Confederate Flag and Carving: Image, Illusion or Reality? Ed Williams Atlanta Daily World Article May 25, 2017 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6rHTsNOsLE_c0RHdUI4azRJc1E/view?usp=sharing Image, illusion and reality: What’s wrong with the Confederate flag and carving on Stone Mountain? Ed Williams Rolling Out Article Feb 3, 2016 https://rollingout.com/2016/02/03/image-illusion-reality-whats-wrong-confederate-flag-carving-stone-mountain/