Posted on July 28, 2020

Saying Goodbye: Photos of Southern Monuments Felled in 2020

Chris Roberts, American Renaissance, July 28, 2020

Just before white-ruled Rhodesia became black-ruled Zimbabwe, Peter Brimelow wrote an article for Human Events called “Ian Smith’s Rhodesia Is Worth Remembering.” After noting the West’s betrayal of the small white nation, he closed with this memorable line: “In the Rhodesians, we saw ourselves as we were and might have been. And we hated us.”

This year’s wave of desecration against statues memorializing men and women who bravely resisted a federal invasion is much the same. For blacks and other non-whites, this shows their power — it shows that their tribes are rising. And their white collaborators? They see the greatness of their ancestors — or racial kinsmen — and despise them for it. Even the smuggest must know they are nothing compared to titans such as Robert E. Lee or “Stonewall” Jackson.

Just as Eastern Europe began to do in 1991, one day America will begin to rebuild its identity and pride. There is no statue that cannot be replaced so long as memory is not extinguished. This is therefore not just a list of what came down, but a list of what must be remembered and will one day be resurrected.

Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes

Confederate Navy Rear Admiral Admiral Raphael Semmes in Mobile, AL. Removed by the city on June 5. (Credit Image: Carol M. Highsmith via Wikimedia)

Confederate cavalry general Williams Carter Wickham

Statue of Confederate Cavalry General Williams Carter Wickham in Richmond, VA. Destroyed by vandals on June 6. (Credit Image: Mojo Hand via Wikimedia)

Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Indianapolis, IN. Removed by the city on June 8. (Credit Image: Dominic via Wikimedia)

Major John Breckinridge Castleman

Confederate Major John Breckinridge Castleman in Louisville, KY. Removed by the city on June 8. (Credit Image: w.marsh via Wikimedia)

Confederate Monument, Hemming Park, Jacksonville, FL

Confederate Monument, Hemming Park, Jacksonville, FL. Removed by the city on June 9. (Credit Image: Michael Rivera via Wikimedia)

Jefferson Davis Memorial in Richmond, VA

President Jefferson Davis Memorial in Richmond, VA. Statue destroyed by vandals on June 10. (Credit Image: Martin Falbisoner via Wikimedia)

CSA Monument in Portsmouth, VA

Confederate monument in Portsmouth, VA. Largely destroyed by vandals on June 10. (Credit Image: Doug Kerr via Wikimedia)

Confederate Monument in Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida

Confederate Monument in Gadsden County, FL. Removed by the county on June 11. (Credit Image: Michael Rivera via Wikimedia)

Confederate soldier Sam Davis on Montgomery Bell Academy’s campus in Nashville, TN. Removed by the school on June 12. (Credit Image: Montgomery Bell Academy)

Statue of Jefferson Davis in Frankfort, KY

Statue of Jefferson Davis in Frankfort, KY. Removed by the state on June 13. (Credit Image: Daderot via Wikimedia)

United Daughters of the Confederacy war memorial, Fort Worth

United Daughters of the Confederacy war memorial in front of the Tarrant County Courthouse in Fort Worth, TX. Removed by the county on June 13. (Credit Image: Wilhelm Joys Andersen via Wikimedia)

Stand Watie and Confederate Soldier Fountain

Stand Watie (leader of the Confederate-allied Cherokee) and Confederate Soldier Fountain in Tahlequah, OK. Removed by the Cherokee nation on June 13. (Credit Image: Magnolia677 / Fæ via Wikimedia)

Rebel Mascot Statue at UNLV Campus

Statue of the “Reb” mascot of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Removed by the school on June 16. (Credit Image: Jason Vigil via Wikimedia)

Norfolk CSA monument

Confederate monument in Norfolk, VA. Removed by the city on June 16. (Credit Image: Nyttend via Wikimedia)

Richmond Howitzers, a Confederate artillery unit

Monument to the Richmond Howitzers, a Confederate artillery unit, in Richmond, VA. Destroyed by vandals on June 16. (Credit Image: Caspar Buberl / Einar E Kvaran via Wikimedia)

Memorial to the unknown Confederate dead in Silver Spring, MD

Memorial to the unknown Confederate dead in Silver Spring, MD. Destroyed by vandals on June 17. (Credit Image: Lady Meg / Wikimedia)

Spirit of the Confederacy, Sam Houston Park

Spirit of the Confederacy in Houston, TX. Removed by the city on June 17 and slated to be placed in the Houston Museum of African American Culture. (Credit Image: Brian Reading via Wikimedia)

Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards

Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards in Little Rock, AR. Removed by the city on June 18. (Credit Image: Valis55 via Wikimedia)

Confederate Monument in front of the DeKalb County, GA, Courthouse. Removed by judicial decree on June 18. (Credit Image: Baxterguy / J. Miers via Wikimedia)

Memorial to the Confederate dead in Raleigh, NC

Memorial to the Confederate dead in Raleigh, NC. Damaged by vandals and then fully removed by the city on June 19. (Credit Image: Kenneth C. Zirkel via Wikimedia)

Albert Pike in Washington DC

Confederate Brigadier-General Albert Pike in Washington, DC. Destroyed by vandals on June 19. (Credit Image: Cliff via Wikimedia)

Confederate Monument in Pine Bluff, AR

Confederate monument in Pine Bluff, AR. Removed by judicial decree on June 20. (Credit Image: Valis55 via Wikimedia)

Henry Lawson Wyatt statue in North Carolina

Statue of Henry Lawson Wyatt — the first North Carolinian to die in combat during the Civil War — in Raleigh, NC. Removed by gubernatorial decree on June 21. (Credit Image: Daderot via Wikimedia)

Women of the Confederacy

Monument to North Carolina Women of the Confederacy in Raleigh, NC. Removed by gubernatorial decree on June 21. (Credit Image: Daderot via Wikimedia)

Confederate statue at Pitt County Courthouse, Greenville, NC

Monument to the Confederate dead in front of the Pitt County Courthouse, Greenville, NC. Removed by the county on June 22. (Credit Image: Joel Kramer via Wikimedia)

Confederate War Memorial in Dallas TX

Confederate War Memorial in Dallas, TX. Removed by the city on June 24. (Credit Image: Mark Arthur via Wikimedia)

Confederate Soldier Monument

Confederate Soldier Monument in Denton, TX. Removed by the county on June 25. (Credit Image: carptrash via Wikimedia)

Monument to "Our Confederate Soldiers"

Monument to “Our Confederate Soldiers” in Beaumont, TX. Removed by the city on June 29. (Credit Image: Patrick Feller via Wikimedia)

Monument to the Unknown Confederate Soldiers

Monument to unknown Confederate Soldiers in Frederick, MD. Destroyed by vandals in late June. (Credit Image: Pollockdog via Wikimedia)

Rockdale Confederate memorial

Confederate monument in Rockdale County, GA. Removed by the city on June 30. (Credit Image: John Trainor via Wikimedia)

Stonewall Jackson Monument in Richmond, VA

Statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson in Richmond, VA. Removed by the city on July 1. (Credit Image: Hal Jespersen via Wikimedia)

Confederate Naval Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury

Statue of Confederate Naval Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury in Richmond, VA. Removed by the city on July 2. (Credit Image: William Maury Morris via Wikimedia)

United Confederate Veterans memorial

United Confederate Veterans memorial in Seattle, WA. Destroyed by vandals on July 3. (Credit Image: Joe Mabel via Wikimedia)

Gloria Victis

Gloria Victis (“Glory to the Defeated”) Confederate monument in Salisbury, NC. Removed by the city on the night of July 6–7. (Credit Image: Jon Platek via Wikimedia)

Jeb Stuart Monument in Richmond, VA

Statue of Confederate General Jeb Stuart in Richmond, VA. Removed by the city on July 7. (Credit Image: Library of Congress via Wikimedia)

Anson County Courthouse Confederate monument

Confederate monument in front of the Anson County (NC) Courthouse. Removed by the county on July 8. (Credit Image: Indy beetle via Wikimedia)

Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Richmond, VA

Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Richmond, VA. Removed by the city on July 8. (Credit Image: Morgan Riley via Wikimedia)

Statue of Joseph Bryan

Statue of Confederate soldier Joseph Bryan in Richmond, VA. Removed by the city on July 9. (Credit Image: Richmond Times-Dispatch via YouTube)

David O. Dodd memorial bench

Memorial to Confederate spy David O. Dodd in Little Rock, AR. Removed by the city on July 10. Credit Image: Valis55 via Wikimedia)

Confederate Memorial, Asheville, NC

Robert E. Lee / Dixie Highway Confederate memorial, in Asheville, NC. Removed by the city and county on July 10. (Credit Image: Warren LeMay via Wikimedia)

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