BELL RINGER:
Did you know that a number of our military bases are named for Confederate soldiers? A senate committee has voted to look into changing the names. It is thought that those that wished to fight against our country and flag, do not deserve to be honored. These people lost the war and do not deserve such recognition except in a museum where the history of the Civil War can be studied. Others say that it is history, or heritage, and it is wrong to erase the names of these men from places of honor.
Your Turn:
1. Should the losing side in a war be honored with statues, schools and military bases?
2. How do you think African Americans feel about going into a school or onto a military base named for someone that fought and died to keep their ancestor’s slaves?
3. Who do you think might be specific people to rename such military bases?
4. There are also statues of Confederate men honored in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the Capitol Building. Each state gets to send 2 people to represent their states. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, says it is time to remove all Confederate statues from the Congress. What do you think? WHO are the two people from your state that are in the The National Statuary Hall Collection?
Photograph from Politico.
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