Hooray for Asheville for setting a precedent on paying reparations to its Black citizenry that have been long overdue.
Now, I think it is time to set another record: Take down obelisks and statues that honor people who have dishonored this country. Instead, why not erect a statue or memorial to Martin Luther King Jr., who fought long and hard to secure the rights for Black people?
Another hero, Susan B. Anthony, started the long struggle to secure the vote for women. Three generations of women would continue this battle for the right to vote for 72 years. This is a monument worth erecting!
These are two of our country’s greatest.
Come on Asheville, set an example. Now is the time.
— Charlotte Scuorzo Hendersonville
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3 thoughts on “Letter: Honor country’s greatest with new monuments”
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I think they should take down the vance monument and follow the animal motif of pig statues already there and erect a giant pig in a topper hot holding a little cane! Just joking! But why not put some kind of animal monument like the one in El Paso’s San Jacinto Plaza, of alligators in a fountain. Maybe a fountain with a large Bear standing up entwined by a rattlesnake.
James
The Vance Traitor Participation Trophy was about honoring a local resident. I agree we should take it down, but let’s show some hometown pride and honor local heroes like the ASCORE students who led the integration of Asheville instead?
I think they should take down the vance monument and follow the animal motif of pig statues already there and erect a giant pig in a topper hot holding a little cane! Just joking! But why not put some kind of animal monument like the one in El Paso’s San Jacinto Plaza, of alligators in a fountain. Maybe a fountain with a large Bear standing up entwined by a rattlesnake.
The Vance Traitor Participation Trophy was about honoring a local resident. I agree we should take it down, but let’s show some hometown pride and honor local heroes like the ASCORE students who led the integration of Asheville instead?
Why honor anything?