by James Ritch | Oct 17, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Of the river of discarded books that flow past our door, one of the most interesting of late has been “What Is It About Virginia,” by Guy Friddell, and in particular, his chapter “Honey In The Horse,” about the statue of General Lee on Monument Avenue in...
by James Ritch | Oct 17, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Please accept my last letter on this subject. My problem with most — if not all — of the Confederate memorials is that their actual effect is to glorify and exalt a “cause” whose only apology is naked greed, and whose only descriptive title is: evil....
by James Ritch | Oct 10, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: This is in response to Brian Bloedel’s letter of Sept. 10 in which he called for the removal of all Confederate memorials. Mr. Bloedel’s comments blatantly contradict one another. He chooses to reject, deny, and remove any memory or semblance of the...
by James Ritch | Jan 14, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday night to remove the Confederate monument from the historic courthouse green in Eastville, the county seat. “Most people who have defended the statue say that it was a monument honoring the Confederate...
by James Ritch | Aug 13, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – What should happen to Northampton’s Confederate monument that stands on the historic courthouse green in Eastville, the county seat? The Confederate monument faces Eastville’s main street, Courthouse Road, as “a day-to-day reminder of some of the...
