"Tupelo, where Presley was born, features several statues of the famous rock musician in various parts of the city.Statues and monuments have been a topic of debate throughout Mississippi in the recent weeks, as protests speaking out against systemic racism and police brutality have erupted across the world.Shelton's Facebook post on Friday was met with mixed reaction in the comments. Content Continues Below ... Wall outside Elvis Presley’s Graceland vandalized with spray painted messages.
"On behalf of North Mississippi Health Services and North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo, we would like to thank Mayor Jason Shelton for taking a stance as a leader in public health by approving masking requirements for our city.
Someone said that those who don’t understand history are doomed to repeat it. A Virginia judge's ruling to temporarily block the removal of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond's Monument Avenue has sparked a strong response on social media. His film roles include ‘The Ghost and Mr. Chicken’, ‘The Apple Dumpling Gang’, & … These people should just get the hell out of America.. Bowzer crossed the line of rationality.
As long as President Trump is in the White House, the mayor’s irresponsible recommendations will go absolutely nowhere, and as the mayor of our Nation’s capital city—a city that belongs to the American people—she ought to be ashamed for even suggesting them for consideration.“Contextualizing these monuments makes perfect sense,” said historian and Thomas Jefferson biographer Annette Gordon-Reed, in an email.
President Trump is speaking out against the removal of a statue of former President Theodore Roosevelt from outside the American Museum of Natural History. By publishing a plan that recommends potentially removing the Washington Monument, Christopher Columbus Statue, Andrew Jackson Statue, and Jefferson Memorial—among many other ludicrous recommendations—the radically liberal mayor of Washington, D.C., is repeating the same left-wing narrative used to incite dangerous riots: demolishing our history and destroying our great … After Julie became involved with the Gaston Museum in Joinerville, Texas, she realized what a good fit he would be for a site that preserves history of an oil boom school where Elvis performed in 1955. Success!
"The city's Elvis Presley statues would not be removed, Shelton wrote, stating that it is "impossible to erase history and no one has attempted to do so. Ralph Northam's order to remove the controversial statute from its 130-year-old residence. “I welcome, with a standing ovation, any proposal that calls for an uniform evaluation of all monuments and holds them to a standard.”Exactly whose life is made better by “removing, relocating, or contextualizing” the Washington/Jefferson monuments? "My safety is my responsibility, not yours," wrote another resident. Hometown newspaper for Mountain View, Arkansas. But if Mississippians want these changes to happen, he says they should be made by the state legislature who decided on the statues in the first place.“People who want to see those statues change, I encourage them to contact the governor’s office, contact their local and state legislators and ask them to review that,” Guest said.Thompson says he expects his legislation to come to a House vote sometime in July.There are 11 total Confederate statues being considered for removal from the Capitol, including the two from Mississippi.Cars lined-up alongside the beach as a kickoff to Labor Day weekend festivities.
Do we have to change the name because of brutality in emperors' time? Crazy!