Why everybody is so determined to get rid of our history by taking down confederate statues, flags, and such is beyond me. Whether it's pretty or ugly, history is history. Shoving our more embarrassing moments under the rug and pretending they didn't happen is censorship. Taking down confederate remnants is like thinking that the Holocaust did not exist. We have so much to learn by ugly reminders that S**T did HAPPEN. It was horrible. The remnants left today are our battle scars. What did we learn?
Slave Auction Place c. 1870
Burnt District Coffee House in Chicago after the Fire, 1871. Chicago entrepreneurs quickly reacted to establish or reestablish businesses in the fire district.
Telephone wires in New York, 1887
Hanging of a stagecoach robber in Texas, c. 1890-1900
Wood-plank prison in Wyoming, 1893
Above Chinatown Squad of the San Francisco Police Department posing with sledge hammers and axes in front of August Pistolesiâ's grocery store at 752 Washington Street, 1895. They specialized in raiding opium dens and gambling rooms and their method was simple. Below: Opium den in San Francisco, 1900
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