Day: September 4, 2025

bookmark_borderUpdate from Lee-Jackson Park

Posted on by Marissa

Last week, the Stonewall Brigade posted some good news about Lee-Jackson Memorial Park, the privately owned and operated park in Virginia that provides a new home for removed statues. The park raised the $10,000 needed to receive a matching grant from an anonymous donor, funds which will help to develop the park and eventually open it to the general public.

In their Facebook post, the Stonewall Brigade wrote:

“We’re taking a stand against WOKE right here in the community where Lee and Jackson are buried and where they desecrated Lee’s tomb and closed his museum and chiseled Jackson’s name off of everything. The message of Lee Chapel and the VMI Parade ground will be front and center right here in the future and safe from Woke politicians… It may just be a dream, but this place will become a great education center, outdoor museum, and even a summer camp for youth if you help us build it.”

Amen to that. The creation of this park is one of the most significant bright spots of the hellish last five and a half years, and its existence gives me hope.

bookmark_borderUpdate from Fancy Hill

Posted on by Marissa

The organization, The Generals Redoubt, which is dedicated to defending and honoring George Washington and Robert E. Lee at Washington & Lee University, is restoring a historic home called Fancy Hill to serve as their headquarters. The organization purchased the home to serve as a permanent presence near campus, housing libraries, exhibits, artifacts, event spaces, and even a podcasting studio. Earlier this year, the office portion of the building opened for student and alumni events, and the main building is scheduled to open to the public at some point this month. The Generals Redoubt recently posted an update on the renovations, with a photo showing a portrait of General Lee on the wall. I am glad for the existence of this new site honoring two deserving historical figures, and am looking forward to seeing what the future holds.

bookmark_borderSpanish American War Memorial at Valor Memorial Park

Posted on by Marissa

Last month, Valor Memorial Park acquired the Spanish American War Memorial from Asheville, North Carolina. Valor, a privately owned park in North Carolina dedicated to honoring all veterans, made a Facebook post showing the pieces of the monument arriving on site via truck. It’s not exactly clear why the monument was removed in the first place – as far as I know, it didn’t involve the Confederacy or Christopher Columbus, the statue genocide perpetrators’ favorite targets – but one commenter on the post stated that the city simply felt that the monument was too difficult to maintain. Sounds a bit strange to me, but regardless of the reasoning, I’m glad that the monument has a new home where people will cherish and take care of it.