"Pedestal Avenue"
27 Jul 2020 09:38![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
karmicdragonflyFor the first time since most of the monuments were disassembled, I took a walk down Monument Ave Sunday morning. It was interesting how powerful I found the pedestals sans statues to be.
Lee still stands, while the court cases are proceeding.
I did not find that the lack of statues diminished the beauty of Monument Ave at all. Even with the graffiti on the monuments, the street itself is still quite nice. I also found that not having the statues looking down on me as I walked, made for a more peaceful walk. However, I do understand the concerns of folks in that historic district about how it might impact the purpose of the district.
On a different but related topic, I was a little discouraged to hear about the property destruction this past weekend during one of the protests. And more discouraged to hear that it seems to have been a set up situation -- where an out of town white supremacist group organized the protest, and then used it as an excuse to damage property. Presumably, this is either to discredit the movement, or to start that race war that some of those groups want so badly.
Lee still stands, while the court cases are proceeding.
I did not find that the lack of statues diminished the beauty of Monument Ave at all. Even with the graffiti on the monuments, the street itself is still quite nice. I also found that not having the statues looking down on me as I walked, made for a more peaceful walk. However, I do understand the concerns of folks in that historic district about how it might impact the purpose of the district.
On a different but related topic, I was a little discouraged to hear about the property destruction this past weekend during one of the protests. And more discouraged to hear that it seems to have been a set up situation -- where an out of town white supremacist group organized the protest, and then used it as an excuse to damage property. Presumably, this is either to discredit the movement, or to start that race war that some of those groups want so badly.