Late Tuesday, the Memphis, Tennessee, City Council voted unanimously to dig up the remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife, Talking Points Memo reported Wednesday. The council also voted to remove a statue placed in Forrest’s honor. The move came after Mayor A.C. Wharton called for the bodies to be dug up and relocated.
Tuesday’s vote is not the end of the story, however. According to WREG, the Chancery Court would also have to approve the removal of the remains and Forrest’s family would also be involved in the decision.
Forrest and his wife are currently buried beneath a statute honoring the general in a park which had been named after him until two years ago. The park is now known as Memphis’ Health Sciences Park.
Officials with Elmwood Cemetery — the location of Forrest’s original resting place — said they would be willing to help move the remains but said they did not want to become the new home of the statue. It is not known where the statue would go if the Tennessee Historic Commission approves its removal. The commission is not set to meet before October.
“It is no longer politically correct to glorify someone who was a slave trader, someone who was a racist, on public property,” said City Council member Myron Lowery. WREG said Lowery spearheaded the effort to remove Forrest, his wife and the statue. The move to relocate Forrest is part of what many now see as a Stalinist effort to purge U.S. history after the tragic shooting in a Charleston, South Carolina church that left nine dead.
Why stop with this? Lets tear down the Jefferson memorial-because he was a slaveowner,next,we must tear down the white house and the Washington monument because Washington owned slaves,and the white house was partially built using slave labor,next we must re-name every city,town,village and street sign with Jefferson or Washington’s name.
Jefferson and Washington would be casting musket balls right about now,in preparation for daylight,and the chance to shoot more of the rotten bastards at daybreak..
Divide and Conquer is the policy we are witnessing now. History repeats itself. We were enrolled in a mandatory class during our senior year in high school. It was called Americanism vs Communism. The younger generation has no clue about socialism. We cannot change history; we should not delete history to suit opponents.
Anyone else having trouble feeling the “love?” Never forget that those who call you “racist” are not those whom you hate but rather those that hate YOU.