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Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed |
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Posted by Dand124 on Wed Aug 16 09:20:15 2017 http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/bishop-tree-plaques-in-brooklyn-honoring-gen-lee-to-be-removed-1.14051891 |
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Re: Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Wed Aug 16 10:29:59 2017, in response to Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed, posted by Dand124 on Wed Aug 16 09:20:15 2017. We MUSTN'T have THAT now!! |
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Re: Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed |
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Posted by SMAZ on Wed Aug 16 22:47:44 2017, in response to Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed, posted by Dand124 on Wed Aug 16 09:20:15 2017. Had the original tree planted by Lee still been there, I would have left the plaque due to its historical value. |
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Re: Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Aug 17 08:10:08 2017, in response to Re: Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed, posted by SMAZ on Wed Aug 16 22:47:44 2017. They should put up a historical plaque outside of Leon Trotsky's apartment in the Bronx. At least he didn't try to destroy this country. |
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Re: Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed |
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Aug 17 10:14:04 2017, in response to Re: Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Aug 17 08:10:08 2017. I agree. |
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Re: Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Aug 17 10:18:18 2017, in response to Re: Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed, posted by SMAZ on Wed Aug 16 22:47:44 2017. Actually, I would keep the plaque even without the original tree. It's a historical marker. Perhaps the plaque can be replaced with one that doesn't imply any veneration of Lee (I don't know what the current plaque says). |
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Re: Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed |
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Aug 17 10:32:38 2017, in response to Re: Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu Aug 17 10:18:18 2017. It's a historical marker.Exactly. As long as the plaque didn't glorify him, it was an interesting "did you know?" tidbit about an action by a very historically relevant person. I would say the same had the tree been planted by Hitler, Stalin or Usama bin Laden. Nobody is asking to take down historical event markers from Civil War battlefields where Lee kicked America's ass. That's actual HISTORY! |
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Re: Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed |
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Posted by dand124 on Thu Aug 17 10:54:51 2017, in response to Re: Bishop: Tree plaques in Brooklyn honoring Gen. Lee to be removed, posted by SMAZ on Thu Aug 17 10:32:38 2017. There's a marker out side Boston's Omni Parker House John Wilkes Booth and Ho Chi Minh:
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