PugJesusReconstruction didn't last long enough
Lyle Solla-Yateshttps://www.wvtf.org/news/2026-02-27/confederate-statues-in-virginias-capitol-square-may-soon-be-removed โIt is offensive as an African American woman in this chamber to hear people say the history is complicatedโ #Virginia #VALeg #slavery #LostCause #RVA
Confederate statues in Virginia's Capitol Square may soon be removed
A statue honoring Confederate General Stonewall Jackson is so close to the House chamber, you can see it from the windows of the Capitol. For now, anyway. That won't be the case if the House approves a Senate bill to remove it along with two other statues honoring the Lost Cause.
Chris Hutchinson ๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ป๐ช๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ท ๐๏ธI should add that my Dad wrote a little booklet on his Great-Grandfather, Lt. Philip Hutchinson of the CSA. He got wounded in the thigh, and the bullet got passed down to my nephew, as the oldest male of his generation. #LostCause #hatm
