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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Removing a confederate statue from land donated by a confederate general so all soldiers would have a common final resting place. What has America become? [/quote] Lol, needed to call this out. The land wasn't [i]donated[/i]. It was confiscated during the war because its owner was the head of a traitorous enemy army, and the military started burying the dead on his front lawn. (Technically, it was confiscated for failure to pay taxes, but that was more or less a contrivance.) After the war, the Supreme Court ruled that the confiscation had been illegal. At that point, Lee's heir [i]sold[/i] the land and estate to the government. Again, the land was never [i]donated[/i].[/quote]
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