By the way, when are all the statues of George Washington coming down? Just prior to his death there were 314 slaves at Mt Vernon, 124 owned by Washington and the rest were "leased".
Named after that slave owner:
Our nation's capital
1 state
24 cities and towns
72 townships
5 mountains
3 lakes
8 colleges and universities
Untold number of streets, parks, monuments, statues, highways, museums, schools, inns, hotels, restaurants, and God knows whatever else.
Of course this is ludicrous, he was a great man who lead us to independence. But you see my point....where does it all end? They even tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus, what the hell did he have to do with slavery? (lots of things named after Columbus too). Tearing down or moving the statues on Monument Avenue should be up to the residents/citizens of the city, not a bunch of out of work/out of school outsiders. Monument Avenue is one of most beautiful streets in America, and at least an attempt has been made to make it more diverse recently with the Arthur Ashe statue and the one of the generic black man on a horse. History is what it is, and cannot be changed no matter how hard you try. And BAD history serves as a reminder to us all not to repeat the same mistakes.