Save the memorials

Tue., Sept. 12, 2017

After reading the letter by Steve Blewett (“Statues celebrate bigotry,” Sept. 3), I must offer another reason to save the memorials. Many people (over 600,000) died defending their state and country. Robert E. Lee had a difficult decision. He was offered to lead the union, instead he decided to defend his home state (not fight for slavery). People of that era felt a deep responsibility toward their home land. They died defending their state and county, not to enslave people. The war was fought because the South left the union, and the people that perished on both sides should be remembered.

I would add that ISIS has been destroying history and is that what is happening in America?

Russ Hendrickson

Greenacres

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