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.