#145- Shelby Foote's The Civil War Part 1
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Columbus Statue
The statue was put there in the first place because italian americans were being lynched. The nothing that i say will stop what they're doing. But it's a cheap target. You can get rid of a statue and you earn some points with the right people, but you earn resentment from people whose histories are being erased. Is it worth it? Well, they think they won't see,. They took down the columbus statue in chicago theer. There was a fight. A battle of grant park, a a to defend this statue. And then, you know, a week later they just come in and take it down. Wel, what ies it? Gan
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