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July 28, 2020 <br /> <br /> express their commentary live as would be the case during an in-person Council <br />meeting? <br /> <br /> <br />Bracey Hong Parr <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />52.My name is Toni Fogel, and I'd like to weigh in on the future of the Confederate <br />Memorial. I think that it is high time that both sides of this issue admit that the <br />Confederate Monument is more than just a statue. For many it represents states' <br />rights and the sacrifice that their ancestors made to that cause. For many others, it <br />glorifies those people who fought for the states' right to own other people. It does us <br />no good to say that the Civil War was not fought over slavery when every single <br />member of the Confederate Government has been quoted as saying that it was <br />indeed over slavery. I should know because my ancestors fought for the <br />Confederacy. I honestly have no wish to have them glorified at all. <br />It is my wish that the Confederate Monument be moved to a suitable resting place in <br />a cemetery. I hope that we can find a suitable memorial for where it once stood. <br />Toni Fogel <br />160 Williams Street <br /> <br />53. I would like to see the monument restored and moved to a more appropriate location <br />where it can be protected and honored. All citizens of Portsmouth deserve respect, <br />Past and present. <br />Colleen Jackson <br />1057 Spratley St <br />54. I again ask that you please consider removing and relocating the Confederate <br />Monument on Court Street. This monument has become an eyesore and public <br />safety problem as citizens across the City continue to protest for it to be taken down. <br />New state enabling legislation allowed Richmond, Norfolk and even Virginia Beach <br />to successfully remove Confederate monuments at the request of the community. <br /> If the monument is to remind us of the Confederate dead, than let it be contextualized <br />properly in a cemetery or as photos and historical display at the Courthouse museum <br />or other site. Portsmouth has moved beyond the Confederacy, segregation and <br />racism, let's put this monument to rest in the graveyard where it belongs. <br />Carl Jackson <br />106 Rochdale Lane, Suffolk <br /> <br />55. Move the monument to a graveyard, museum but away from that downtown site. <br />Then at the new site put an explanation of the whole thing-- the negative and the <br />positive. It was put up to intimidate blacks not honor the war dead. <br />Pat Burns <br />1219 Portsmouth Blvd <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />