CraigOhMyEggoAltBanned to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前What's the most obscure piece of knowledge you know about your hometown?message-squaremessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down18
arrow-up1-1arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most obscure piece of knowledge you know about your hometown?CraigOhMyEggoAltBanned to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 个月前message-square24linkfedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-25 个月前The KKK hoisted a cross over the town back in the 1920s. It was removed. Later, in the 1960s, during the civil rights movement, it was put up again, anonymously, in the middle of the night. People fought to remove it for years and were re-buffed with “It’s a war memorial.” It was eventually moved out of town to a religious college a few miles away.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 个月前Good to see that “it’s history” has always been an excuse to keep messages of hate
The KKK hoisted a cross over the town back in the 1920s. It was removed.
Later, in the 1960s, during the civil rights movement, it was put up again, anonymously, in the middle of the night.
People fought to remove it for years and were re-buffed with “It’s a war memorial.”
It was eventually moved out of town to a religious college a few miles away.
Good to see that “it’s history” has always been an excuse to keep messages of hate