UVA To Replace Statue Of American Hero With Land Acknowledgement

UVA To Replace Statue Of American Hero With Land Acknowledgement

UVA is going to destroy a monument once dedicated to a Revolutionary War hero and make it a physical land acknowledgement to an Indian tribe.

Saturday Event to Honor Revolutionary War Hero Robert Anderson — The Anderson Observer

Greg Wilson/Anderson ObserverA ceremony to dedicate a monument to General Robert Anderson, namesake of Anderson County, is scheduled for Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Old Stone Church in Clemson. The event is sponsored by the Anderson County Museum.General Robert Anderson arrived in this country not as a legendary hero but as the fifth child born in 1741 to a Scotch-Irish clan with robust ambitions and a patchwork of Virginia fields. His was a world…