This blog grew out of my "Down Da Road I Go Blog," which was originally to be about stuff I was interested in, music and what I was doing. There was so much history and Civil War entries, I spun two more off. Starting Jan. 1, 2012, I will be spinning a Naval blog off this one called "Running the Blockade."
Saturday, January 6, 2018
While We're Removing Statues-- Part 3: Germans and Greeks
Statues which might need to be taken down around Philadelphia.
** WOLFGANG VON GOETHE-- German writer but accused of selling German criminals and political dissidents to British Army during the American Revolution.
** FRIEDRICH SCHILLER-- Friend of Goethe's. Guilty by association.
** ORESTES AND PHYLADES FOUNTAIN-- Greek mythology. Orestes killed his mother and boyfriend because she had murdered his father and his cousin. Phylades egged him on to do it. Do they deserve a statue for that?
** STEPHEN GIRARD-- Founded a segregated college.
--Old Secesh
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