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PA Updates Civil War Markers – ‘Confederate Soldiers’ Are Now ‘Enemy Soldiers’

by Gerry December 26, 2021

Old Marker New Marker

SpotlightPA reported on December 14 that –  After removing a trio of Confederate historical markers an hour west of Gettysburg, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has replaced two with significant revisions that view Confederate milestones through a more critical lens.

The McConnellsburg, Fulton County, markers and plaques commemorate the first deaths of Confederate soldiers in Pennsylvania and the site of the Southern army’s last encampment here. The state removed them in September of 2020, capping a review initiated by the state historical commission and Gov. Tom Wolf’s office following deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va., three years prior.

Mount Union Times – July 12, 1929

Confederate Monument

Monument erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy was not removed, because it is not the property of the state commission

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  1. COL Art Zpace says

    December 26, 2021 at 7:59 pm

    President Lincoln daughter to unify both sides after war. GOV Wolfe wants to divide them anew. He would benefit from reading Lincoln’s second inaugural address. This sign change is due to woke pressure. Do pathetic and wrong.

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