Tag: Confederates

I recently came across the below excellent post from the Facebook page, The Confederate Cleaner:

“It was 2020, I had sat back and watched the absolute destruction of our Southern monuments and cemeteries. I was infuriated and began thinking how can I fight against these acts. I began attending rallies that were being held in front of our monuments that were still standing. I began thinking if our monuments become lost then our cemeteries will be our last stand for Southern history. So we got to work preserving the history that’s available all throughout our small rural cemeteries. Most of these remote cemeteries you could tell haven’t been visited in many many years. One stone at a time we began cleaning. Just cleaning turned into cleaning and flagging and then that turned into cleaning flagging and researching. Their stories were so remarkable I felt I had to share em… So thank yall so much in helping remember and save the memories of some of the bravest men/women to have ever walked this earth. “

You can read the post in its entirety here.

I would like to thank the Confederate Cleaner for his amazing and honorable work. Just as I keep history alive through artwork, collecting and photographing statues, and blogging, he keeps history alive by cleaning graves, flagging them, and sharing the soldiers’ stories. I also want to echo the sentiments regarding Confederates being some of the bravest men/women to have ever walked the earth. I believe this with all my heart.