Dear Toni, They're not veterans; they're rebels, secessionists, men who wanted leave the Union and create a confederacy. Best, Retiring Guy

 

Headline:  New York Times, 10/7/2025

Anna Venarchik reports:

One of the park’s creators, Toni London, said she believed that Confederate soldiers deserved the same honor as any other veterans. 

“It’s been an obsession to make it succeed, to make it better,” Ms. London, 52, said of the park, “and to save more.” 

But others — including officials in communities where Confederate statues have stood — have long seen the memorials as relics that inappropriately revel in the country’s racist past.

Denton (population 1,494) is 93.2% white.