Letters to the Editor — September 2020

Originally published September 2020 · p. 2

TO THE EDITOR: Just wanted to send you a quick note to say “thank you” for your recent editorial in the August CWN. You hit the nail right on the head about monuments. I have been furiously writing letters to Congress about the House Bill that calls for removing Confederate monuments on National Park Battlefields. I appreciate you summing up your thoughts; you did a better job than I have on this topic. Emerging Rev War (as you probably saw in the August CWN) put out a short statement on all monuments. The destruction of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Philadelphia was very sad to see, our group feels pretty strongly about protecting these reflections of our past. Rob Orrison

TO THE EDITOR: I’m writing to comment on your column in the August issue. It was spot on. I couldn’t agree more. What would be egalitarian in this country would be to erect a monument to someone you wish to honor or memorialize and allow the rest of us to enjoy or appreciate those which some might find “offensive.” This “do everything my way” via so-called social justice is nothing more than outright tyranny, despotism, and in-egalitarianism, particularly so when many people’s knowledge of our history is so appallingly ignorant. Stuart McClung Hagerstown, Md.