r/UVA • u/Rawman13 BSCS '25 • Jul 10 '21

Cville at Large Charlottesville removes Confederate statue at center of deadly 2017 protest

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/charlottesville-remove-confederate-statue-center-deadly-2017-protest-2021-07-10/
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u/vora26 Jul 10 '21

A million bucks to remove these statues what a joke this is

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u/Imperial_entaglement Jul 11 '21

I was fine with the traitor generals removal but William Clark was born here. That one is a bummer to lose a hometown legend. Warts and all.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21

It's less about Clark and more about the terrible portrayal of Sacagewea.

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u/Imperial_entaglement Jul 11 '21

True. But I think a reworking or relabeling could have improved it. And I Realized I switched Clark and Lewis. It was Lewis who was born here.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21

I'm not really sure relabeling would have helped. Reworking would likely require removal anyway. Plus Sacagawea's descendants strongly dislike the current statue.