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by JustSomeOldGuy
Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:50 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Petition to save the Alamo Cenotaph
Replies: 37
Views: 8682

Re: Petition to save the Alamo Cenotaph

anygunanywhere wrote:Read this over at WRSA.

https://orthosphere.wordpress.com/2018/ ... the-alamo/
As I explained some time back, in the early stages of the great erasure of Confederate monuments, modern iconoclasm works by converting shrines and relics into mere historical artifacts.
This method of the modern iconoclast is derived from the modern attitude towards history. Moderns think it surpassingly important to preserve the corpse of history: to collect and catalogue its artefacts, to protect its buildings, to arrange its facts in prodigious books. But they are at the same time scared of the ghost of history—of the very idea that there might be traditions to which men owe a debt and feel a duty.
Especially if those traditions don't fit their worldview.........
by JustSomeOldGuy
Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:51 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Petition to save the Alamo Cenotaph
Replies: 37
Views: 8682

Re: Petition to save the Alamo Cenotaph

jason812 wrote: When I saw the petition and noticed it was on a website for someone running for office I decided to check to see how much truth was being portrayed.
When I was redirected off Facebook and saw the root url, I thought it was somewhat odd as well. I was already familiar from other sources about the plan to "Disney-ize" the place, so I shrugged and did the petition. I guess if the project gets redirected back to a respectful reality, Patterson wants to get as much perceived political credit out of it as possible........
by JustSomeOldGuy
Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:03 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Petition to save the Alamo Cenotaph
Replies: 37
Views: 8682

Petition to save the Alamo Cenotaph

From Jerry Patterson's website;
The Alamo Cenotaph was built in 1940 as a memorial to the Texians and Tejanos who died at the Alamo fighting for Texas independence in 1836. Commissioner George P. Bush is working on a plan to remove the monument from the Alamo grounds. The Cenotaph or “empty tomb” represents the gravestone for the heroes of the Alamo.

Sign the petition to tell
Commissioner George P. Bush to leave
the Cenotaph and the Alamo alone!
Petition available at;
https://www.votepatterson.com/1374-2/

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