Tag: confederate history
Your Views: Leave Alexandria’s history alone
To the editor:
I am writing to strongly disagree with your contention in the Feb. 9 editorial, “An erosion of trust,” that the naming of...
Your Views: Unconvincing arguments for keeping Confederate names
To the editor:
Upon reading the letters from Jimm Roberts, “Keep the name, switch the fame,” on Jan. 19, and Carrie Devorah, “Tear no more names down,” on...
Your Views: Get rid of odious names
To the editor:
Two recent letters to the editor which you’ve published, objecting to the renaming of Alexandria streets, are particularly offensive. Both letters, which...
Your Views: Political rhetoric, not history
To the editor:
In 2016, the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Confederate Memorials and Street Names recommended, and City Council concurred with, renaming portions of...
Our View: An erosion of trust
There are two distinct facets to the ongoing controversy surrounding renaming of streets in Alexandria and, as with many issues, the fault line is...
Your Views: Keep the name, switch the fame
To the editor:
The following is an open letter to Mayor Justin Wilson, pertaining to his advocacy for tossing the process that was established to...
Your Views: Appomattox statue is part of city’s history
To the editor:
I was surprised that the city and so many Alexandria residents could no longer tolerate the presence of the Appomattox statue on...
