[rustbucket]

We visited Antietam/Sharpsburg last year. Beautiful area.

The Antietam National Battlefield won’t even allow any monuments to Robert E Lee and all the new roadside plaques detailing what battles/actions/events occurred at any given spot now all refer to the Confederates as “The Enemy”.

There is a monument to General Lee at Antietam that was dedicated in 2005. See: http://www.nps.gov/anti/historyculture/mnt-lee.htm

The number of monuments to Northern units/commanders at Antietam far exceeded those to Southern units/commanders. I've found this to be true at other battlefields, such as Shiloh in Tennessee. The South was economically devastated after the war, and may not have been able to afford monuments at the battlefields. There are, however, many monuments to Southern troops in Southern towns.

Here is a link to what I found was the most moving monument at Shiloh, dedicated in 2005: http://www.tennesseehistory.com/class/firstmonument.htm

Here is my photo of that monument:

[wardaddy]

My question is why do yankees on a conservative forum care whether the state that lost more men in that war wish their deaths commemorated by statue

It’s not really their business.

It would be akin to me going north and protesting their monuments to folks who contributed to the expansion of America and the genocide of Indians

I mind my business.

They always have to have a self congratulatory horn to toot ....always have ...one reason they often embrace social liberalism....

Major cultural descendency difference between me and them

Now they are streaming down here quick as their Prius will carry them...hope they leave that crap above the MDL...some do....especially those from Detroit

[central_va]

I’ve been to a lot of Eastern Theatre battlefield parks and Antietam is the most “realistic” one. It looks quite close to when the battle happened. Not much development up there(yet). Some improvements would be get rid of the sunken road tower, and restore the sunken road all the way to Burnsides bridge.

[Salamander]

That is the one I’ve been referring to and it’s *outside* of the national park property.

A private citizen paid for both the land and the statue.

There are NO monuments to Lee on site and I think there’s like *4* Confederate stones in the whole, huge park.

And yes, it is agonizingly beautiful country.

I’m blessed to live so nearby.

I hope y’all climbed the tower while you were there....:)

You’re right...the TN monument is heart breaking.

One of the Gettysburg documentaries I watched recently they devoted a lot of time to the “lowly” standard bearers.

-Knowing- that they were painting a huge target on their backs, the nearest soldiers would rush to grab the flag before it hit the ground when the current bearer went down.

And now, scumbags joyously burn our flag in the streets.

There’s an object lesson there, somewhere.