Military Statues in Danger (You Can Help)

Dear Friends,

Our Heritage Needs Your Help,

This is Judson Watkins (Camp 2107 8 Brig--TX--ATM---SCV) I need your help. The president of U.T. University at Austin is considering removal of the Confederate statues from the university lawn. This is a statue that honors our Texas ancestors. These statues are not depicting racism or supporting slavery, these statues are we descendants trying to honor our ancestors.

If you would like to help, please send a letter expressing your disgust of the idea of removal. I have an example letter if you would like to email me I would be happy to send you the example.

Address:

The University of Texas at Austin
President's Office
PO Box T
Austin, TX 78713

Thanks,

Judson Watkins

Vote: Should the U.T. of Texas remove its statues of Confederate leaders?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16382232/from/ET/

SIGN THE PETITION

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/HelpSaveTheStatues/index.html

It's up to them. If they want them off and moved somewhere else, they have the right to.

That is a good point. Why, would we want to get into their business?

The fact of the matter is, these statues, along with a dormitory, the lawn accessories, etc. was donated by wealthy Confederate Soldier by the name or George Washington Littlefield. Mr. Littlefield wanted these statues to honor the people he respected. It is stated in the charge of the SCV,
By this we are obligated to resist the removal of these statues.

It seems this obligation is directed toward direct decendants of confederate soliders, which I am not.

However, I have signed a petetion to keep them there on Civility's bidding, because I dont believe that they're presence disgraces anyone(which most likely is the president's cause for removing them, my guess is he has declared them "unconstiutuional".), and to remove them WOULD be an offensive action, just as removing the ten commandments from a courtroom would be an offensive action to Christians.

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and to remove them WOULD be an offensive action, just as removing the ten commandments from a courtroom would be an offensive action to Christians.

Yeah. But I heard that the Courthouse was also claiming that they were the originals to.

Are you serious........................well, thats something:D

Judson! Thats my partner in crime as it were... lol

Ahh, so he's here because of you? Well done Civ!

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It seems this obligation is directed toward direct decendants of confederate soliders, which I am not.

Well if you put it that way Oppie, I am obligated to help. Jackon's Quartermaster, John A. Harmon, was my great-great-great Great Uncle or something like that.
I also have relations to Oliver Otis Howard too.

I have a confession to make........................i'm related to Lee.

Are you mocking me? You just said you didn't have any relations to anyone. Once I said I did, you "confessed". I was being serious. Are you?

You don't have to be related to a confederate that fought in the CW. You just have to care weather or not the statues stay or go.

Very, Actually I just thought about it. It's only by marriage though, so I dont know if this counts to you. My sisters husband's great great grandfather was General Lee.

Okay. Then in that opinion, you could be. But then of course, if you go back far enough, we are related to Lee.

The Opposition wrote:

Ahh, so he's here because of you? Well done Civ!

No I didn't. I got on today and you said something about another topic being started. Sooo I went to find it and- Low and Behold!- its Judson.

Civility wrote:

The Opposition wrote:

Ahh, so he's here because of you? Well done Civ!

No I didn't. I got on today and you said something about another topic being started. Sooo I went to find it and- Low and Behold!- its Judson.

Aww, I thought you got him on here, oh well.

No he found it on his own. I was going to ask him to come here today but he beat me to it!

Im a quick thinker...I beleive this is the most fun...loose board I have been to so far.

thanks for making this board so easy to speak on!

I know what he's talking about. Some forums, it's like, you can't say anything, without getting jumped on by all the other people, who act like you have to "earn" the right to talk lol.

my point!!

ALRIHGT NO TALKING POEPLE!!!!!!



aha jk, welcome watkins.

thanks~
glad, more than ever, to join a forum!

The Opposition wrote:

I have a confession to make........................i'm related to Lee.

YOU DONT DESERVE THE HONOR OF THAT! YOU ARE DISGRACE TO THE CONFEDERATE CAUSE! lol jk (I am rather jealous)

The Opposition wrote:

... It's only by marriage though, so I dont know if this counts to you. My sisters husband's great great grandfather was General Lee.

That means you're not related. At all.

I know lol, because true relation is by blood.