Charlottesville

[Gene C]

(08-20-2017 08:52 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  My question - why now (suddenly?)? Why not right after the war? And as for the statues - why have they been put up at all (after the war)?

My guess is that most people view history only through the events of their lifetime that they remember or experienced, adding to that what they remember their parents and maybe grandparents talking about.

Events of over 100 years ago are irrelevant to them. The people involved, the events that occurred have little or no bearing on their lives. They are just stories.