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Arizona

dflprincess

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2. Why does Arizona have statues to the Confederacy?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Jun 21, 2020, 09:19 PM

Jun 2020

Last edited Sun Jun 21, 2020, 10:45 PM - Edit history (1)

It became a territory of the United States in 1863 when it was split off from New Mexico territory & slavery was not legal in it.

It never had any ties to the Confederacy so the idiots there can't claim "heritage".

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Man arrested after Arizona Confederate monument doused in red paint [View all] TexasTowelie Jun 2020 OP

Let. Him. Go. RandySF Jun 2020 #1

Why does Arizona have statues to the Confederacy? dflprincess Jun 2020 #2

Same reason as most of these Confederate statues... RockRaven Jun 2020 #4

They had one "battle", the Battle of Picacho Peak ... marble falls Jun 2020 #5

also a lot of decendants of the war came out here too Kali Jun 2020 #6

True enough. A lot of property was destroyed by the war and a lot of them came out here ... marble falls Jun 2020 #7

and sometimes all of those Kali Jun 2020 #8

Someone had to do it. Where do I send a bail contribution. marble falls Jun 2020 #3

If he is Marciopa County Jail JonLP24 Jun 2020 #9