The latest in what has become an all too common crusade to wipe great American historical figures from places of honor and memory, the Louisiana Democratic Party has announced that it will change the name of its annual “Jefferson-Jackson” dinner to the bland and unremarkable True Blue Gala.
Louisiana Democrats joined many other state parties that have changed the name of the dinner, which was originally intended to celebrate two key figures in their party’s history—Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson.
In the words of the Louisiana Democratic Party chairwoman, removing Jefferson and Jackson was done “to reflect the progress of the party and the changing times.”
Of course, both men were slaveholders, and therefore unacceptable to modern progressives despite whatever else they may have accomplished. Yet they were both, in their own way, great Americans who made invaluable contributions to our country.
This is not the first time these two men have come under fire from activists who want them purged. Jefferson has been attacked as unacceptable at the university he founded, and efforts have been made to remove Jackson’s towering statue in New Orleans.
http://dailysignal.com/2017/07/19/l...JlWVdEZ08rT0Z5R2pPeTZ5TkZJdmpwXC8rTjZMV08wYUN
Change we can believe in....
-- The Left
Louisiana Democrats joined many other state parties that have changed the name of the dinner, which was originally intended to celebrate two key figures in their party’s history—Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson.
In the words of the Louisiana Democratic Party chairwoman, removing Jefferson and Jackson was done “to reflect the progress of the party and the changing times.”
Of course, both men were slaveholders, and therefore unacceptable to modern progressives despite whatever else they may have accomplished. Yet they were both, in their own way, great Americans who made invaluable contributions to our country.
This is not the first time these two men have come under fire from activists who want them purged. Jefferson has been attacked as unacceptable at the university he founded, and efforts have been made to remove Jackson’s towering statue in New Orleans.
http://dailysignal.com/2017/07/19/l...JlWVdEZ08rT0Z5R2pPeTZ5TkZJdmpwXC8rTjZMV08wYUN
Change we can believe in....
-- The Left