[Salamander]

Check out the Lee = Bin Laden propaganda/”logic”:

http://www.civilwarnews.com/archive/articles/lee_statue_suit.htm

But still, he stands.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/whatever-happened-to—the-statue-of-gen-lee-at-antietam/2011/06/03/AGFO62tH_story.html

[rustbucket]

Thanks for the link to the story behind the General Lee statue at Antietam. It was built on private land outside of the park, then the park bought the land.

We face a similar situation at Point Lookout Prison in Maryland where many Confederate soldiers where held and many died. The park there will not allow Confederate flags to be flown except on maybe two days a year. Folks then built a monument on private land next to the park.

We went to Point Lookout after visiting Antietam. My wife’s great grandfather died in the prison in 1864, but the official death rolls did not have a record of him. This was true of many Confederates who died there. My wife found a brick honoring her ancestor at the private monument. Some other descendants must have paid for the brick.