After taking a look at the political correctness unfolding in New Orleans, the Alabama legislature took a bold step to preserve history of all kinds. In this PC climate, if it is a monument or memorial to southern history, it is game for liberal governments to do away with. One of the facts of warfare is that the victor gets to write the history books. That process is still ongoing as the southern history is steadily being erased.

A west view of the Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, as seen from Dexter Avenue
Date 13 July 2016, 11:49:14  – Author – DXR via Wikipedia

As Written by Kim Chandler for the Associated Press:

Alabama lawmakers of Friday approved sweeping protections for Confederate monuments, names and other historic memorials, as some Southern cities rethink the appropriateness of keeping such emblems on public property.

The measure “would prohibit the relocation, removal, alteration, renaming, or other disturbance of any architecturally significant building, memorial building, memorial street, or monument” that has stood on public property for 40 or more years,” it reads. Changes to names or memorials installed between 20 and 40 years ago would need permission from a new state commission.

African-American lawmakers opposed the bill at every step of the legislative process, saying argued that solidifies a shameful legacy of slavery.

“You say we are protecting history. We are not protecting history. We are protecting monuments that represent oppression to a large part of the people in the state of Alabama,” said Sen. Hank Sanders, an African-American Democrat from Selma.

Supporters argued that the measure should protect all kinds of history — not just Confederate symbols.

Sen. Gerald Allen, the bill’s Republican sponsor, criticized what he called a “wave of political correctness” wiping out monuments to people he said were historically …….

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Alabama lawmakers approve Confederate monument protections