"Key, whose family owned people and who owned enslaved people himself, supported the idea of sending free Black people to Africa but opposed the abolition of slavery in the U.S., according to the National Park Service's Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine.
Some idiots in San Francisco tore down his statue in 2020, so he's obviously a controversial figure!"
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To: Bon of Babble
57 posted on
03/27/2024 8:25:46 AM PDT by
MeganC
("Russians are subhuman" - posted by Kazan 8 March 2024)
To: Bon of Babble
The new bridge will be renamed something else. Thats the setup telegraphed here.
59 posted on
03/27/2024 9:11:41 AM PDT by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Bon of Babble
Well he was a Democrat, so....yeah.
To: Bon of Babble
Does that mean Maryland had slave owners?
To: Bon of Babble
So you know they’ll pander their behinds off, and renaming it to “MLK” or “Obama” bridge. We may be lucky and they’ll call it Saint Floyd Bridge!
64 posted on
03/27/2024 10:36:11 AM PDT by
vpintheak
(Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
To: Bon of Babble
How about Point Pleasant Bridge/Silver Bridge? It fell down too.
65 posted on
03/27/2024 12:06:27 PM PDT by
kawhill
(kawhill)
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