I am 100% for changing back the names. This should never have been political. This is history, and should be rembered as that. The sad part about this, is that they don't feel that Stonewall Jackson was a hero. Yet he was. If these people that are protesting against the change should read some of the history behind this man before being so critical against him. He technically broke Virginia law by teaching slave children how to read the bible. The man never had any slaves himself. He served the Confederate Army because he felt obliged to do that living in Virginia. He was a hero and should be honored.
If you don't remember history, you're doomed to repeat it. He may have been on the wrong side of history but he was part of history and it should be remembered.
I am 100% for changing back the names. This should never have been political. This is history, and should be rembered as that. The sad part about this, is that they don't feel that Stonewall Jackson was a hero. Yet he was. If these people that are protesting against the change should read some of the history behind this man before being so critical against him. He technically broke Virginia law by teaching slave children how to read the bible. The man never had any slaves himself. He served the Confederate Army because he felt obliged to do that living in Virginia. He was a hero and should be honored.
If you don't remember history, you're doomed to repeat it. He may have been on the wrong side of history but he was part of history and it should be remembered.