Melt them down to return the use of the metal for USA infrastructure projects or jewelry. The stone can be crushed for driveway gravel. It will be very pretty driveway gravel, too.
This effort by Nancy Pelosi is going to require legislation. The entire toxic culture of the Civil War has to be removed and replaced THE REAL HISTORY of the defeat of the Confederate Army and the failure of secession.
June 10, 2020
By Chris Marquette
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (click here) is calling for the removal of 11 Confederate statues from the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall Collection.
In a letter sent on Wednesday, Pelosi asked the Joint Committee on the Library — led by Senate Rules and Administration Chairman Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, and House Administration Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat — to direct the Architect of the Capitol to remove the statues of soldiers and officials who represent the Confederacy.
Pelosi specifically mentioned two prominent Confederates — Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens — who served as president and vice president of the Confederate States of America, respectively, and who were charged with treason against the United States. Stephens’ statue was given by Georgia and Davis’ by Mississippi.
“While I believe it is imperative that we never forget our history lest we repeat it, I also believe that there is no room for celebrating the violent bigotry of the men of the Confederacy in the hallowed halls of the United States Capitol or in places of honor across the country,” Pelosi wrote....
