Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
POTSDAM -- The Potsdam Public Library, 2 Park St., will hold its next installment of its Deep Dive Discussions series with the topic of diversity on Monday, March 12 at 4:30 p.m. in the village …
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POTSDAM -- The Potsdam Public Library, 2 Park St., will hold its next installment of its Deep Dive Discussions series with the topic of diversity on Monday, March 12 at 4:30 p.m. in the village community room.
The topic will be “Beheading General Lee: Confederate Flags and Monuments” with Dr. Sheila McIntyre.
The confederate flag flew from state capitol buildings, once adorned the hood of the "General Lee" car on a popular TV show, and was used by a shooter who killed nine black people in a church.
Statues of confederate generals sit on many public spaces throughout the southern states.
But historical commemoration -- including flags and statues -- have their own histories.
Those contexts complicate what we think we know about historical memory.
Why are they put up and what happens when a new generation wants to take them down?
RSVP by email mmckenna@potsdamlibrary.org.
