A statue of General A.P. Hill stands on a traffic median in North Richmond, about a quarter of a mile from where we used to live. His remains were interred beneath the statue in 1892. Our modern iconoclasts now want to tear the statue down, and don't seem to be very interested in what happens to the remains.
As I've mentioned before, my greatest regret in not buying that 40-acre property on Booger Hollar Road in Stanly County is that I missed an opportunity to provide a permanent home for all these statues that are being taken down.
IIRC during the middle ages it was not uncommon to disinter the body of someone who had fallen our of favor and hang the remains. Perhaps that's what the city fathers of Richmond have in mind for A. P. Hill.
ReplyDeleteSay the name Ashli Babbitt!
Don't give them any ideas, Bucky. It's within the realm of possibility that they would do it.
DeleteThe Board used "traffic hazard" as an excuse. How many accidents have happened since the introduction of cars? Few, I'd bet. Their position is veil thin, of course.
ReplyDeleteAre there no descendents to cry out? Where is the Sons of The Confederacy? The Daughters of the Confederacy?