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    Tag:  Robert E. Lee

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    Asheville Archives: Locals confronted by the realities of war, 1862

    Posted on November 19, 2019November 8, 2019 by Thomas Calder

    “Buncombe blood flowed freely, and many of our gallant boys are among the slain,” the Asheville News reported on July 17, 1862. At the time, both Union and Confederate troops suffered immense losses during the Seven Days Battles near Richmond, Va.

    5.2 K views1HistoryNews

    Monumental tides

    Posted on June 22, 2018June 15, 2018 by Brent Brown

    ASHEVILLE, NC

    3.4 K views13HumorOpinion

    Letter: Lost Cause myths continue to reverberat­e

    Posted on June 10, 2018June 8, 2018 by Letters

    “The irony that the supporters of the Lost Cause claim to oppose the rewriting of history is that in many cases, they were the ones who rewrote that history.”

    2.8 K views4LettersOpinion

    Letter: Civil War historians should face reality

    Posted on June 5, 2018June 4, 2018 by Letters

    “Now, people like Cox, by her writings and lectures, have incited individuals to do such things as to deface the plaque to Gen. Robert E. Lee at the Vance Monument.”

    8.7 K views22LettersOpinion

    Letter: Confederat­e monuments and phony culture wars

    Posted on April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 by Letters

    “For years now, Americans have engaged in culture wars, typically over gay rights, abortion, feminism, an imperiled Christianity, bathrooms and Confederate monuments, all perhaps as contrived as the ‘winners,’ usually declared to be ‘leftists’ and ‘lie-braes,’ and ‘losers,’ the poor victimized ‘right and righteous.'”

    3.7 K views2LettersOpinion

    A modest proposal for the Vance Monument

    Posted on October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 by Peter Robbins

    “First off, let’s agree that anybody with an ounce of decency must feel a bit embarrassed that Asheville has given its top award for excellence to a man like Zebulon Baird Vance.”

    10.2 K views50CommentaryOpinion

    A mystery in-deed: Who owns Pack Square?

    Posted on September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 by Max Hunt

    Pack Square lies at the center of Asheville’s sense of itself as a city, but recent attention to the area — and the monuments to Confederate figures located there — has highlighted a curious anomaly of history and law: No one can say for sure who owns the piece of land where the Vance Monument sits.

    17.4 K views5Community NewsHistoryLocal GovernmentNewsPolitics & Elections

    Debate over Asheville’­s Confederat­e memorials continues

    Posted on July 6, 2017July 14, 2017 by Max Hunt

    With the recent removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans and other Southern cities capturing national headlines, local residents, historians and scholars once again turns their eyes to Asheville’s Confederate landmarks and what they symbolize to our community.

    45.5 K views138Community NewsHistoryLocal GovernmentNewsNonprofitsPolitics & Elections

    Letter writer: Anyone want to stage a Civil War play?

    Posted on January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 by Letters

    “Do we have a theater in Asheville that would love to perform this amusing and history-filled play?”

    2.6 K views4LettersOpinion
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