Civil War passions still run deep as Union supporters propose monument on Confederate site | Naked Politics

Interesting read regarding a Union monument in a state park that was the site of a Civil War battle. Click title for link to article. It reminds me of the talk a few years ago about naming Lake Worth "Jewell" since the Worth in Lake Worth refers to William Jenkins Worth who, according to our local band of merrymakers, was responsible for the killing off of native peoples during the Seminole wars.

This is what one meeting held on the topic was like:

Passions ran high, at one point erupting in a spontaneous chorus of “Dixie” led by a black man, H.K. Edgerton, who called Union soldiers rapists and wielded his large Confederate flag like a conductor’s baton as the audience sang.
Speakers blasted the proposal as disturbing hallowed ground in a rural community where most families stay for generations.
“Putting a Union monument at Olustee would be like placing a memorial to Jane Fonda at the entrance to the Vietnam memorial,” said Leon Duke, a wounded veteran.
“Men died there. Let their spirits rest in peace,” said Nansea Marham Miller, who is descended from a Confederate soldier who died at Olustee. “Let my grandfather rest in peace.”