Vandals Set The Wrong General Lee Monument on Fire
ARRA News Service Editor: Hopefully, North Carolina adults and their state legislature are beginning to wonder where their education system has failed in their state's history.
by Tamar Lapin: Vandals in North Carolina attempted to torch a statue of Gen. Lee — but they got the wrong guy.
The two punks doused a marble replica of World War II veteran Maj. Gen. William C. Lee — not the Confederate leader Robert E. Lee — outside of the veteran’s namesake museum last week, authorities said.
“The United States owes so much to our military forces and all five military branches are what has kept this country safe and free for all these years,” the museum said on Facebook.
“Then comes along some jerk punk (s) and he tries to burn the statue of WWII Major General William C. Lee.”
Museum officials believe the defacers mistook Gen. William Lee with Gen. Robert E. Lee.
“I think it was a big mistake,” Mark Johnson, the museum’s curator, told WNCN.
The statue was burned up the side and it could cost several hundred dollars to repair.
Local police are looking for the vandals.
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Tamar Lapin (@TamarLapin) writes for the New York Post.
Tags: North Carolina, Robert E. Lee, Vandals, fire, Wrong General Lee Monument To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and "Like" Facebook Page - Thanks!
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| Burnt marble replica of Maj. Gen. William C. Lee at the Major Gen. William C Lee Airborne Museum |
The two punks doused a marble replica of World War II veteran Maj. Gen. William C. Lee — not the Confederate leader Robert E. Lee — outside of the veteran’s namesake museum last week, authorities said.
“The United States owes so much to our military forces and all five military branches are what has kept this country safe and free for all these years,” the museum said on Facebook.
“Then comes along some jerk punk (s) and he tries to burn the statue of WWII Major General William C. Lee.”
Museum officials believe the defacers mistook Gen. William Lee with Gen. Robert E. Lee.
“I think it was a big mistake,” Mark Johnson, the museum’s curator, told WNCN.
The statue was burned up the side and it could cost several hundred dollars to repair.
Local police are looking for the vandals.
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Tamar Lapin (@TamarLapin) writes for the New York Post.
Tags: North Carolina, Robert E. Lee, Vandals, fire, Wrong General Lee Monument To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service and "Like" Facebook Page - Thanks!
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