The Daughters settled in the former Confederate capital after Governor William Tuck, who spent his governorship fighting civil rights laws, offered the land. Virginia’s General Assembly approved the offer in 1950 and tacked on $10,000 toward construction fees. The deed, however, included stipulations: If the UDC doesn’t use the property for five years, it reverts to the Commonwealth. The UDC cannot sell the building, because the state controls the land; the group cannot move it, because it’s marble. If they ever couldn’t pay for upkeep, they would have to abandon the memorial.
Their racist headquarters is eventually going to be seized by the state.
Their racist headquarters is eventually going to be seized by the state.
And it will be crushed into a fine powder, and a statue of Sherman will be erected in its place.
Sherman is a good boy and all, but it’s really Mr. Peabody that runs the show
When did a CGI version get made?..