Ken Burns: Our monuments are representations of myth, not fact

[Ubiquitous]

Ken Burns is a filmmaker whose site UNUM explores American history
through scenes from his more than 30 documentaries.

As we consider what role monuments play in our culture, I’d ask us to
listen to the words of James Baldwin from the film I made on the Statue
of Liberty. That film, which aired on PBS in 1985, set out to
understand the history of why that monument was created, as well as
the symbolism and myth that have come to surround it.

Baldwin’s reflection on what the statue represents for Black Americans
reminds us of the ways in which the promise of liberty has gone
unfulfilled for so many. His powerful words resonate today as we
consider why and for whom our monuments have been built.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/opinions/ken-burns-our-monuments-are-representations-of-myth-not-fact--opinion/2020/06/23/f953e86e-e774-4084-abf7-423de23886c2_video.html


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love this country.

[anim8rfsk]

Post by Ubiquitous
Ken Burns is a filmmaker whose site UNUM explores American history
through scenes from his more than 30 documentaries.
As we consider what role monuments play in our culture, I’d ask us to
listen to the words of James Baldwin from the film I made on the Statue
of Liberty. That film, which aired on PBS in 1985, set out to
understand the history of why that monument was created, as well as
the symbolism and myth that have come to surround it.
Baldwin’s reflection on what the statue represents for Black Americans
reminds us of the ways in which the promise of liberty has gone
unfulfilled for so many. His powerful words resonate today as we
consider why and for whom our monuments have been built.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/opinions/ken-burns-our-monuments-are-repr
esentations-of-myth-not-fact--opinion/2020/06/23/f953e86e-e774-4084-abf7-423de
23886c2_video.html

Yeah, like PBS or the Post aren't what you get a little picture of when you
look up 'fake news' in the dictionary.

[alvey]

Post by anim8rfsk

Post by Ubiquitous
Ken Burns is a filmmaker whose site UNUM explores American history
through scenes from his more than 30 documentaries.
As we consider what role monuments play in our culture, I’d ask us to
listen to the words of James Baldwin from the film I made on the Statue
of Liberty. That film, which aired on PBS in 1985, set out to
understand the history of why that monument was created, as well as
the symbolism and myth that have come to surround it.
Baldwin’s reflection on what the statue represents for Black Americans
reminds us of the ways in which the promise of liberty has gone
unfulfilled for so many. His powerful words resonate today as we
consider why and for whom our monuments have been built.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/opinions/ken-burns-our-monuments-are-repr
esentations-of-myth-not-fact--opinion/2020/06/23/f953e86e-e774-4084-abf7-423de
23886c2_video.html

Yeah, like PBS or the Post aren't what you get a little picture of when you
look up 'fake news' in the dictionary.

Pulling down a statue could be a monumental mistake...



alvey

[TeeJay1952]

Post by alvey

Post by anim8rfsk

Post by Ubiquitous
Ken Burns is a filmmaker whose site UNUM explores American history
through scenes from his more than 30 documentaries.
As we consider what role monuments play in our culture, I’d ask us to
listen to the words of James Baldwin from the film I made on the Statue
of Liberty. That film, which aired on PBS in 1985, set out to
understand the history of why that monument was created, as well as
the symbolism and myth that have come to surround it.
Baldwin’s reflection on what the statue represents for Black Americans
reminds us of the ways in which the promise of liberty has gone
unfulfilled for so many. His powerful words resonate today as we
consider why and for whom our monuments have been built.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/opinions/ken-burns-our-monuments-are-repr
esentations-of-myth-not-fact--opinion/2020/06/23/f953e86e-e774-4084-abf7-423de
23886c2_video.html

Yeah, like PBS or the Post aren't what you get a little picture of when you
look up 'fake news' in the dictionary.

Pulling down a statue could be a monumental mistake...
alvey

After a while isn't there a statue of limitations?

Tee (feat of clay) Jay

[alvey]

Post by TeeJay1952

Post by alvey

Post by anim8rfsk

Post by Ubiquitous
Ken Burns is a filmmaker whose site UNUM explores American history
through scenes from his more than 30 documentaries.
As we consider what role monuments play in our culture, I’d ask us to
listen to the words of James Baldwin from the film I made on the Statue
of Liberty. That film, which aired on PBS in 1985, set out to
understand the history of why that monument was created, as well as
the symbolism and myth that have come to surround it.
Baldwin’s reflection on what the statue represents for Black Americans
reminds us of the ways in which the promise of liberty has gone
unfulfilled for so many. His powerful words resonate today as we
consider why and for whom our monuments have been built.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/opinions/ken-burns-our-monuments-are-repr
esentations-of-myth-not-fact--opinion/2020/06/23/f953e86e-e774-4084-abf7-423de
23886c2_video.html

Yeah, like PBS or the Post aren't what you get a little picture of when you
look up 'fake news' in the dictionary.

Pulling down a statue could be a monumental mistake...
alvey

After a while isn't there a statue of limitations?

Yep. Prominent erections get fewer with age...



alvey

[FPP]

Post by anim8rfsk

Post by Ubiquitous
Ken Burns is a filmmaker whose site UNUM explores American history
through scenes from his more than 30 documentaries.
As we consider what role monuments play in our culture, I’d ask us to
listen to the words of James Baldwin from the film I made on the Statue
of Liberty. That film, which aired on PBS in 1985, set out to
understand the history of why that monument was created, as well as
the symbolism and myth that have come to surround it.
Baldwin’s reflection on what the statue represents for Black Americans
reminds us of the ways in which the promise of liberty has gone
unfulfilled for so many. His powerful words resonate today as we
consider why and for whom our monuments have been built.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/opinions/ken-burns-our-monuments-are-repr
esentations-of-myth-not-fact--opinion/2020/06/23/f953e86e-e774-4084-abf7-423de
23886c2_video.html

Yeah, like PBS or the Post aren't what you get a little picture of when you
look up 'fake news' in the dictionary.

Monuments to anybody who served in the Confederacy are monuments to
traitors and murders.
Pretty simple concept to grasp...

Why not just put up statues to Hitler?
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Nuts that spent the last twenty years prepping their bunker to survive
indefinitely in a nuclear winter are giving up after wearing a thin
cloth mask for three weeks. LOL -Matt Haughey

"Leaders who have hidden in a bunker and gassed their own citizens
include Saddam Hussein, Adolf Hitler and Donald [Bunker Bitch] Trump." -
Ben Wexler
REAL PRESIDENTS LEAD. REALITY TV PRESIDENTS DON'T.

Trump: "No, I don't take responsibility at all." - 3/13/20

[JimmytheFACTchecker]

Our monuments are representations of real people, not myths. And Ken Burns can kiss my big Irish ass.

Now what they are said to have done may have some myth in it.

George Washington was real. He was the first President of the United States. We can regret the fact he and Jefferson were slaveholders, but not the fact they were great Presidents.

The fact MLK was a horndawg who frequently lusted for and got a little doodle on the sly, sometimes with under-aged girls, and adulterated his marriage to Coretta Scott King doesn't completely ruin his image as a great speaker, organizer, and crusader for the rights of Black people. Should we tear his statues down? No!

We have a beautiful tall obelisk of 75 ft. in our WNC town as a memorial to Civil War Governor Zebulon B. Vance who was a slaveholder. I want it to remain standing, not to honor long-dead Zeb Vance the slaveholder, but because it is a beautiful sight which adorns our town square in downtown Asheville. Most people in our town don't even know who the hell Zeb Vance was.

No problem with changing the name of Vance Elementary School. None at all. As long as you let the schoolhouse stand.

[RichA]

The last time the blacks were winners was when one tribe in Africa defeated another in battle. In the modern world, wherever they are, they are losers.