Mollie Wilson O'Reilly: TIL there's a Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Yonkers that pulls no punches about the Civil War, and it rules.

TIL there's a Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Yonkers that pulls no punches about the Civil War, and it rules.

It stands outside Philipse Manor Hall (Yonkers City Hall at the time the monument was dedicated, in 1891), and it was deliberately meant to counteract the revisionist Lost Cause efforts of the day. You love to see it. www.philipsemanorhall.com/blog/the-civ...

The Civil War Memorial at Philipse Manor Hallwww.philipsemanorhall.com For a site that dates back to the 1680s, it may be surprising to find a monument to the Civil War on the front lawn of Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, but from 1868 until 1911, the manor hall...

"A section of the country is calling for school and other histories that shall write down a wicked Rebellion as a struggle for liberty, and that shall elevate its leaders on the pedestals of heroes." This guy knew what the "Confederate memorials" were really about. Tear them down; honor the union.

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