The announcement was timed to coincide with the 155th anniversary of the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, the first field engagement in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War.
“Public land should not be home to symbols of hate and bigotry that memorialize leaders of the pro-slavery, traitorous Confederate South,” Brown said in a statement. “Statues and monuments ought to celebrate the brave individuals who have fought and died for our country and true American values. The statue of Lee commemorates a man that owned and beat African Americans, and fought to preserve the institution of slavery. The statue is historically inaccurate and offensive, and I am looking forward to its timely removal.”
If passed, the Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act requires the secretary of the interior to develop a plan to remove the monument within 90 days of passage, and submit a publicly available report to Congress on the plan and timeline within 120 days.
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I guess Arlington will be next since it was once owned by Robert E. Lee.
Given what is required to remove it, I doubt this administration is going to allow the removal.
Anthony Brown is a loser. He's looking for same attention after his loss in the Govenor's race. He's trying to stay relevant by supporting a cause that he knows the Democrats and liberals will support. Why did'nt he say anything about the monuments when he was running?
Anthony Brown? The same Anthony Brown who had is nose stuck up O'Malley's butt for eight years? Yeah, right, I'm sure everyone will take him seriously...NOT!
He did such a great job as Marty's lieutenant. How did that Ocare exchange work out?
The Party of Liberal Jim!
I don't trust Hogan to kill it. He is the one that allowed Taney to be removed.
Isn't Antietam a national park? If so, it is doubtful this idiot will gain anything from this. The Democratic party has to be an eight year low in popularity.
So, it will be anybody's guess in the future as to what factions fought the American Civil War, and why?
Slavery wasn't about hatred, it was about commerce, sadly enough.
Thank you for adding some truth. You can't support an agricultural economy with expensive labor. Maybe J1 visa crud would have been a better alternative?
There will eventually be movements to remove all statues of Civil War
combatants, south and north alike.
Slavery was part of the world. Everyone did it and some still are. America is the only place that faught to stop it however we are also the only place that made it a race issue afterwards.
There should be a bill to impeach A-hole Brown...
This isn't about eradicating historical markers, it's about gaining power, black power. It is an extension of the "White Guilt" movement. It has to stop.
What evidence does Anthony Brown offer to support his charge that Robert Lee beat his slaves? Sounds like hate speech to me!
Anthony Brown is a living example of what's wrong with race-based politics instead of results based politics.
What a joke. They need to remove all naacp members al sharpton jesse jackson and aclu members. Send them all to a island by thereselves.
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