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Never Forget
Agreed !Great Photos. Thanks for sharing.
Looks that way !Looks like the hot potato is burning a hole in somebody's wallet...
Forget what?
One of the best cavalry raiders of the war, that's what.
Wait, he was Confederate and his name wasn't Grant. Ergo, we should forget he ever lived, right?
Wrong, General Forest will never be buried by those wishing he'd be gone. Good luck with that.
Still don't think "Never Forget" is the right term though. We might use the term "Never Forget" when shown a picture of the tombstones at Gettysburg since there was a great show of heroism from a collective group of people and that the battle was extremely bloody and costly. Of course we are not going to forget who Nathan Bedford Forrest was anymore than we are going to forget someone like Sheridan. They have monuments like this out there, elementary schools are named after the guy, and he is in the history books.One of the best cavalry raiders of the war, that's what.
Wait, he was Confederate and his name wasn't Grant. Ergo, we should forget he ever lived, right?
Wrong, General Forest will never be buried by those wishing he'd be gone. Good luck with that.
Ironically the location of Forrest Park is in a very poor blighted section of Memphis seldom visited by tourists and fans of the general. One of the proposals for relocating the statue and the remains of the Forrests to Elmwood Cemetery where he was first buried and is much more visited than Forrest Park ever was.
Elmwood Cemetery is a verdant oasis in a world of traffic, concrete and noise. The incredible number of trees and the birds creates a quiet peaceful area to enjoy as one walks among the tombs, masuoleums and structures. I have included the web site for this beautiful city of the dead below.
Why would this not be a most appropriate location for the mortal remains of Forrest, among the nearly 1,000 other men who chose to follow the Stars and Bars? Compared to being buried in the downtown section of Memphis? Seems like a simple decision to me?
Regards
David
http://www.elmwoodcemetery.org/about-us/
David,
As I seem to recall, the general wanted to be buried there in the first place.
Sounds like a very good idea to me.
Sincerely,
Unionblue
Forrest and his wife are buried in front of the monument, after being moved there from Elmwood Cemetery in a ceremony on November 11, 1904.[2]
2. The WPA Guide to Tennessee, Federal Writers' Project of the Works Projects Administration for the State of Tennessee, University of Tennessee Press, 1986 p. 224.
Very glad I was able to visit & see the statue before all the PC nonsense took over.