http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/23/charlottesville-covers-robert-e-lee-stonewall-jackson-statues-with-black-shroud.htmlCharlottesville can't take them down, so instead they've covered them.
and, despite the "official" reporting (even from fox) slant that the majority wants this, here is an eyewitness:
"Charlottesville Statues...Today the City of Charlottesville could not wait for their cloth to shroud the statues. They took tarps and duct tape and covered the statues as fast as possible. I had planned on going this afternoon and taking Emily to photograph the statues to get a before and after, but then the City reported that they were not waiting any longer. I was down there within an hour and it was all over and so quiet. Both Emancipation Park and Court Square were done. All that was left were statues of US Veterans tarped and taped and people photographing this moment in history. The City wanted to show that we were mourning, and there was a sentiment of mourning. Everyone I spoke to in the parks, both black and white, were just dumfounded. I was shocked to here that everyone (black and white) that I spoke to didn't want this and didn't feel this solved anything. I feel like today Charlottesville just baited the hate groups to come back. I was finally okay and accepting of the statues going away, but not okay with this. I did take Emily to see the statues and explained that this was historical. Of course, then I had to explain slaves. It didn't go well because she couldn't relate to why someone would think being black was different. I heard a white man sing We Shall Overcome today...and a black man cried because this isn't solving the problem. We spoke of Martin Luther King and how did we end up here. How? How did one City Council change the face of the world? My Mom marched for civil rights...she and my dad were extremely liberal. They fought for fair housing and bussing in MD. Today, she cried...how did we go backwards and deface US Veterans...For those of you that don't know our Civil War vets are not traitors. They had been classified US veterans by Congress over 70 years ago.
Emily's lesson of the day...never disrespect a Veteran, never judge anyone by their color and always use peaceful means to affect change.
Many emotions over this and none are good. Hopefully, Emily will remember the day the statues were tarped...as a learning experience to treat people better. So weird to be downtown and smell the wonderful fragrance of the bushes and the beauty of the flowers and the make shift memorials to Heather Heyer and the tarping of the statues"
