to Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, keynote speaker Archer Anderson (an industrialist and Confederate veteran) proclaimed, “let it stand as the embodiment of a brave and virtuous people’s ideal leader.” John Mitchell, Jr., editor of the African American newspaper The Richmond Planet, disagreed. He noted that such veneration “serves to retard progress in the country and forges heavier chains with which to be bound.”1 MONUMENT AVENUE, RICHMOND VIRGINIA Writ ing History With Bronze and Marble

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弗吉尼亚州里士满纪念碑大道：用青铜和大理石书写历史

在弗吉尼亚州里士满，主讲人阿彻安德森（一位实业家和邦联退伍军人）向在弗吉尼亚州里士满的邦联将军罗伯特 E. 李宣布，“让它成为勇敢而有道德的人民理想领导者的化身。” 非裔美国人报纸《里士满星球》的编辑小约翰·米切尔 (John Mitchell, Jr.) 不同意。他指出，这种崇敬“会阻碍该国的进步，并会形成更重的锁链。”1 MONUMENT AVENUE，RICHMOND VIRGINIA Writing History With Bronze and Marble