As someone who is a photographer for the Heritage Foundation in my town, Franklin, TN, I am saddened to learn that this historic and iconic Civil War confederate monument named "Chip" in the middle of Downtown Franklin is being targeted. It has stood tall on the square since 1899, and is the centerpiece of Tennessee's history. I refuse to allow Chip to be taken down, and the majority of Tennesseans want it to stay. I will continue to do everything in my power to keep this beautiful piece of history standing tall in my city!
They are being targeted everywhere. There was demonstration around ours in the past 2 months when people on both sides brought guns. Peaceful ultimately but it could have gotten out of hand. I have mixed feelings about this topic. I believe we need not to forget our heritage and we also need to remember and learn our history because it's not always been good. However, I also don't want to make others feel uncomfortable. What to do!?
@randystreat I do agree with you that some history should not be repeated. You're totally right. What happened back then was awful and should never have happened, but it's part of our history and we must accept it and learn from it. Unfortunately, our country is so divided and we're only going backwards. I pray one day we can all come together and accept each other based on character and not color. And this is coming from someone who is very conservative.
August 17th, 2020
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