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Georgia law bars the removal of such monuments.
Author: Associated Press Published: 8:35 PM EDT August 4, 2019 Updated: 6:21 PM EDT August 5, 2019
ATLANTA — Atlanta will soon add some vivid lessons about the South's racist history on markers placed next to four historic monuments amid the ongoing national debate over Confederate statues.
The first of the panels could be installed as early as Friday, officials said.
In Atlanta's Piedmont Park, the 1911 Peace Monument commemorating post-Civil War reconciliation will get context noting that its inscription promotes a narrative centered on white veterans, while ignoring African Americans.
Many white Southerners viewed the American Civil War through "the lens of Lost Cause mythology" following the defeat of Confederate forces.
"That mythology claimed that despite defeat, the Confederate cause was morally just," states the marker to be placed near the Peace Monument.
"This monument should no longer stand as a memorial to white brotherhood; rather, it should be seen as an artifact representing a shared history in which millions of Americans were denied civil and human rights," it states.
Georgia law bars the removal of such monuments. Other states with laws protecting Confederate monuments include Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
PHOTOS: Confederate memorials at Ga. state Capitol
Rest of Article: https://www.11alive.com/article/new...ments/85-eb524c65-de96-4c27-bbdf-f5b7db79b398
Author: Associated Press Published: 8:35 PM EDT August 4, 2019 Updated: 6:21 PM EDT August 5, 2019
ATLANTA — Atlanta will soon add some vivid lessons about the South's racist history on markers placed next to four historic monuments amid the ongoing national debate over Confederate statues.
The first of the panels could be installed as early as Friday, officials said.
In Atlanta's Piedmont Park, the 1911 Peace Monument commemorating post-Civil War reconciliation will get context noting that its inscription promotes a narrative centered on white veterans, while ignoring African Americans.
Many white Southerners viewed the American Civil War through "the lens of Lost Cause mythology" following the defeat of Confederate forces.
"That mythology claimed that despite defeat, the Confederate cause was morally just," states the marker to be placed near the Peace Monument.
"This monument should no longer stand as a memorial to white brotherhood; rather, it should be seen as an artifact representing a shared history in which millions of Americans were denied civil and human rights," it states.
Georgia law bars the removal of such monuments. Other states with laws protecting Confederate monuments include Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
PHOTOS: Confederate memorials at Ga. state Capitol
Rest of Article: https://www.11alive.com/article/new...ments/85-eb524c65-de96-4c27-bbdf-f5b7db79b398