Let’s erase all the mistakes of the past
By Stuart J. Moskovitz
Statues are coming down everywhere because they represent people who fought for the confederacy, owned slaves or some other historical abomination. Names of buildings on campus are being changed, and one university, Stockton, has removed the bust of its namesake, Richard Stockton and is considering changing the name of the school because this signer of the Declaration of Independence owned slaves.
Since we are going down this road, we need to be consistent and I propose the following changes:
1. Gettysburg needs to be renamed. After all, James Gettys, the founder owned a slave. Henceforth, the Gettysburg Address should be known as the Adams County address, since John Adams didn’t own slaves. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: August 25th, 2017 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Opinion | Tags: Civil War, Opinion, Rewriting history, Slavery, Stuart J. Moskovitz | 7 Comments »