Virginia Cavaliers to alter logo over apparent slavery ties

Fox News ^ | June 16 2020 | Ryan Gaydos

[PLMerite]

Wait ‘til they remember this:

“There once was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton...”

From the intro to GWTW.

[PLMerite]

...I was pretty close.

[spankalib]

Great points in your post, thanks.

[Don@VB]

I never understood adopting “Cavalier” as UVA’s mascot. Cavaliers were so closely associated with the British Monarchy and Jefferson authored the document that severed this very association.

[centurion316]

The state of Virginia itself is named after Queen Elizabeth I, who presided over England at a time when slavery was still legal there, as well as a significant number of other "non-woke" public policies.

Applies to Maryland, Georgia, the Carolinas, Delaware (Lord de la Ware), Louisiana (France), and America. Insanity.

[Hiddigeigei]

I never understood adopting “Cavalier” as UVA’s mascot. Cavaliers were so closely associated with the British Monarchy and Jefferson authored the document that severed this very association.
The Civil War Virginia cavalry considered themselves the Cavaliers’ descendants. “If you want to have fun, If you want to smell Hell, ‘Jine the Cavalry’.” Two books written by former members: Bull Run to Bull Run by Baylor and Four Year in the Saddle by Gilmor.

[Verginius Rufus]

I think a lot of the so-called First Families of Virginia claimed to be descended from the English Cavaliers of the 1640s. George Washington’s first American ancestor apparently was a Cavalier but the Washingtons were lower down in the social pecking order in colonial Virginia. Likewise with the Jefferson family (although Jefferson’s mother’s family was one of the leading families).

[Verginius Rufus]

So Fisk University will become Fik Univerity and Kentucky State University will become Kentucky Tate Univerity?

[Verginius Rufus]

There was a book about 30 years ago called The Public Ivies about a number of public universities which offered an education comparable to one of the Ivy League schools. The University of Virginia was one of them. The College of William and Mary (Jefferson's alma mater) was another one.

[Don@VB]

Verginius, Thanks for the insight. Go Hoos!