The small town of Pittsboro, N.C, has become a flashpoint in the ongoing battles over Confederate monuments.
CONFEDERATE STATUE FIGHT HEATS UP IN PITTSBORO
THE BIGGEST PROMOTERS OF THE ‘LOST CAUSE’ MYTHOLOGY ARE BASED RIGHT HERE IN RICHMOND
There’s a low, wide, white, sepulture-looking building in Richmond that you’ve probably passed by many times without really noticing it. This building, between two prominent museums, is the headquarters of the organization that has done more to promote a false history of the slavery-defending Confederacy than any other group in the country.
IN THE WAR OF THE STATUES: ANTI-RACISTS 6, PRO-CONFEDERATES 0
For the sixth time since the deadly fascist gathering in nearby Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017, gun-toting, flag-waving pro-Confederates came to Richmond June 1 to rally in support of the Confederate statues on Monument Avenue. And for the sixth time, antiracist Richmonders turned out to shout them down.
NEO-CONFEDERATES HUMILIATED AGAIN
For the fourth time in less than a year, an armed group of neo-Confederates came to Virginia’s capital city Aug. 19 to “protect” the shrines to white supremacy on Monument Avenue. And for the fourth time, they were outnumbered, outmaneuvered and decided to leave early.
PROMOTERS OF THE ‘LOST CAUSE’ MYTHOLOGY PROTESTED IN RICHMOND
While the United Daughters of the Confederacy were holding their annual convention in Richmond, more than 50 antiracist activists gathered outside the organization’s headquarters.
AFTER 122 YEARS, CONFEDERATE MUSEUM CLOSES
The Museum of the Confederacy, located in downtown Richmond, closed on September 30, 2018.
The Virginia Defender 