On July 4th 1863, the Confederates were defeated. Grant took Vicksburg in the west, and the day before Lee lost at Gettysburg. But they would not recognise and admit defeat, they continued the war for almost two years. I have not encountered a 4th of July ceremony/celebration to say this. To-day, in the United States, the rebellious losers are better respected. But, here is one that we can mock...
Perhaps, the most ridiculous Confederate statue is one next to
I-65 in Nashville. Jack Kershaw was James Earl Ray's lawyer. In 1998 he
carved a statue out of polyurethane with a butcher knife. It was of
slave trader, Confederate cavalry general, and first grand wizard of the
KKK, Nathan Bedford Forrest. He was chosen at the Maxwell House (yes,
later known for coffee) Nashville in 1867. The statue head is as nearly
as big as his thorax and abdomen combined, his face is a Hallowe'en
horror. His horse and he are covered in foil, and occasionally there is a
dump of paint on the statue. There were some 30 other Forrest statues
in Tennessee, one was taken down in Memphis after the racist/nazi rally
in Charlottesville in 2017.
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postscriptum: 7.55 p.m. 7 December 2021. The owner of the property has died. His will's executor has had the statue taken down. [click]
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