Posted on Jul 11, 2020
Myths About Confederate Monuments | NowThis
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All these statues and monuments existed during the Obama Administration. Nothing was done then, so why is it a problem now?
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Pittsburgh began its existence as Fort Duquesne. Fort Duquesne was blown up by retreating French soldiers to prevent the British from occupying it, so the British built Fort Pitt. Fort Pitt was leveled as the city grew around into Pittsburgh.
So Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt were both torn down centuries before I was born but everyone around here still knows they existed.
So Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt were both torn down centuries before I was born but everyone around here still knows they existed.
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1SG (Join to see) a significant majority, yes. And more to the point, no one has tried to raise a French fort on the site since then so I guess we’re not repeating it.
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