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Missouri Civil War Museum Wants the St. Louis Confederate Memorial But City Says No
KVTI News ^ | 12 June 2017 | Vic Faust

Posted on 06/13/2017 7:21:43 AM PDT by Rebeleye

Koran Addo, chief of staff for St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, says they will not allow anyone to take total ownership of the monument without allowing the city a say in how it's displayed in future. "We need to make sure that the monument will never be displayed in a way that celebrates the Confederacy." Addo said.

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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: civilwar; museum; stlouis; veterans
ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Civil War Museum wants the controversial Confederate Memorial from Forest Park. However, the city says they won’t get it. Mark Trout, founder and CEO of the Missouri Civil War Museum, says they are the best option to take control of the Confederate monument, but the city won’t allow them. “We're simply asking them to turn it over to full ownership of Missouri Civil War Museum and we will protect it and preserve it and find an appropriate place for in the future for it,” Trout said. That’s where the problem lies. Koran Addo, chief of staff for St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, says they will not allow anyone to take total ownership of the monument without allowing the city a say in how it's displayed in future. "We need to make sure that the monument will never be displayed in a way that celebrates the Confederacy. We want it to show accurate history," Addo said. Addo adds that they are not saying the Missouri Civil War Museum would do that. By the end of the week, Mayor Krewson will make an announcement on the future of the monument but for now its headed to storage. "Political figures have been saying throughout our nation for years that these things need to be in an appropriate site under appropriate control of museums,” Trout said. The museum is home to a beautiful Abraham Lincoln statue and recently won a national award for their impartial and balanced presentation of the U.S. Civil War. “Whether it’s a building, musket, saber, uniform or monument, if it relates to Civil War, especially in Missouri, that’s our mission to save it,” Trout said. The city estimates it will cost $130,000 to remove and store the monument. The Missouri Civil War Museum is raising the funds but says they would need to have full ownership rights to remove it from city.
1 posted on 06/13/2017 7:21:43 AM PDT by Rebeleye
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To: Rebeleye

Koran Addo????? Enough said.


2 posted on 06/13/2017 7:27:52 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: Rebeleye

Those wanting to deny history are like the muzzie warlords that destroy all the monuments and burn all the books. Denial of history doesn’t change it and it doesn’t allow us to learn from it.


3 posted on 06/13/2017 7:28:48 AM PDT by boycott
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To: lgjhn23

We want it to show accurate history,” Addo said.

Well if you want to be accurate you should state your want to show YOUR version of history!


4 posted on 06/13/2017 7:30:39 AM PDT by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: Rebeleye

Sue the racists down at city hall.


5 posted on 06/13/2017 7:32:08 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Illegal immigration is the first step in the voter fraud process.)
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To: Rebeleye

The museum is home to a beautiful Abraham Lincoln statue and recently won a national award for their impartial and balanced presentation of the U.S. Civil War.


The problem for the city is in this sentence, “...impartial and balanced” isn’t what is required. Only if it is shown to depict the Confederate veterans as vicious racists, very much akin to the Nazis would the city consent to its display. It certainly can’t be shown in a way “that celebrates the Confederacy”.


6 posted on 06/13/2017 7:39:25 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: lgjhn23

St Louis and New Orleans mayors - the new taliban


7 posted on 06/13/2017 7:40:06 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Rebeleye

The American Taliban


8 posted on 06/13/2017 7:40:58 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: Rebeleye
"We want it to show accurate history," Addo said.

Which would be what exactly?

9 posted on 06/13/2017 7:41:42 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: from occupied ga
St Louis and New Orleans mayors - the new Taliban

At least St. Louis was unionist during the war. I don't know what New Orleans' beef it.

10 posted on 06/13/2017 7:42:54 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: lgjhn23
The proper place to display Confederate memorabilia would be in a privately funded museum.
11 posted on 06/13/2017 8:09:31 AM PDT by jmacusa (Dad may be in charge but mom knows whats going on.)
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To: DoodleDawg

That the South started the worst war in American history and lost


12 posted on 06/13/2017 8:10:50 AM PDT by jmacusa (Dad may be in charge but mom knows whats going on.)
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To: jmacusa

“Et tu, Brute?”


13 posted on 06/13/2017 8:13:37 AM PDT by onedoug ( KEK)
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To: Rebeleye

First they will remove the Confederate memorial veterans’ monuments, then the radicals will target the monuments to 19th century slave owners, and then the monuments to the slave owning Founding Fathers. Then the monuments to any American who said anything contrary to 21st century values. Once that is complete they will target the graves and the cemeteries. After that they will target anyone especially conservatives.

First they came for the Confederate memorial monuments and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a native Southerner.
Then they came for the 19th century American heroes, and I did not speak out—
Because they didn’t mean anything to me.
Then they targeted the Founding Fathers, and I did not speak out—
Because I didn’t care about some dead white men who lived long ago.
Then they came for me— because they had accomplished their goals of destroying America’s heritage.


15 posted on 06/13/2017 9:01:06 AM PDT by Rebeleye (retired veteran)
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