On Sunday, the Fort Sumter Memorial, a neoclassical tribute to the defenders of Charleston, South Carolina, in White Point Garden at the southern tip of the city peninsula, was spray-painted with words “Black Lives Matter” and “This is the problem #racist.” Two days later, the Calhoun Monument, which stands in Marion Square just blocks from Emanuel A.M.E.
Take Down The Confederate Flags, But Not The Monuments
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