Tag: Alice Whiting Waterman
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Lawsuit seeks return of Confederate Rest monument
Did not glorify the South’s Lost Cause. A Madison attorney is contesting the City of Madison’s removal of the memorial stone at Confederate Rest cemetery on 04-10-2018 (and reaffirmed on 05-11-2018) as a “desecration.” It was one of the city’s first me-too cancel culture victories, taken in the aftermath of the Unite the Right rally…
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Maybe now the dead Confederates will be left to rest in peace
Catching up with history We think the Madison Council will move on Sorry to break this to you, but Blaska does not possess every super power. Yes, he has the amazing ability to look into the past. He possesses an incredible command of the obvious. But he cannot be two places at once. The squire…
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Confederate Rest stone is ‘too big’ for Stu Levitan; it’s got to go
We’ll see you at 5 this afternoon (07-23-18) in Room 351 of the City County Bldg on Martin Luther Drive. That’s when the Landmark Commission meets. Your stones are too small, Stu Say it ain’t so, Stu Levitan So the professional city staff serving the Madison Landmarks Commission says to keep the monument at Confederate…
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Will government’s guardians of history overturn Madison alders’ grave desecration?
Could the feds take over Confederate Rest? It ain’t over ‘till it’s over — this being The Emerald City. We last reported that the all-powerful (perhaps too powerful) Landmarks Commission would need to weigh in once again on the shameful forced disappearance of the memorial stone of a charitable Madison woman, Alice Whiting Waterman “and…
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You’re invited for punch and munchies after Confederate Rest removal ceremony
More likely to be spirited away in the dead of night It seemed like a reasonable question. Would Madison city government hold a ceremony when the forklift yanks the memorial stone from Confederate Rest cemetery? Mayor Soglin at the controls. A gaily colored ribbon decorates the hydraulic lever. Cameras roll. Invited speakers congratulate city leaders…
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Striking the Confederate Rest stone is cheap moral preening
Madison’s Me-Too movement The board of directors here at the Blaska Policy Werkes unceremoniously demoted the chief fact-checker here at the Manor, stripped off his epaulets, and canceled his subscription to Guns and Garden magazine. For the first time in over two years of faithful bloggering, a critical mistake of fact was allowed to slip…