Response ID:69 Data 1. Public Feedback for Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Confederate Memorials and Street Names 1. Please provide your feedback: The Confederacy was part of the U.S. history and part of Virginia's history. The statues should not be taken down. The street names should not be changed. Do not be "politically correct". People now and in the future can learn from history. You are trying to pretend that the Confederacy and the Civil War never existed. This would be as bad as pretending that the Holocaust never existed. 2. Please provide any contact information you would like the Advisory Group to receive. All fields are optional. First Name Pat Last Name Hockenberry Title Organization Street Address 320 S. Veitch Street Apt/Suite/Office City Alexandria State VA Zip 22204 Email Address
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[email protected] Response ID:70 Data 1. Public Feedback for Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Confederate Memorials and Street Names 1. Please provide your feedback: I support this effort. I am opposed to any use of "Lost Cause" terminology or symbols in official Alexandria actions to justify the American Civil War and the rebels' part in it. In addition to the measures you describe above, I find the plaque on the Hotel Monaco particularly egregious. Since it is on private property, the city should erect a kiosk or other informational plaque near the Hotel's plaque to tell a more balanced version of the killing of Capt Ellsworth.