Protesters shroud Jefferson statue, decry UVa response to rallies

Protesters shroud Jefferson statue, decry UVa response to rallies

BY DEAN SEAL Sep 12, 2017



Protesters cover a statue of Thomas Jefferson with black tarp and hold signs in front of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia on Tuesday for the one month anniversary of the "Unite the Right" rally. The group circled the statue to chant and list demands for the university. Photo/Zack Wajsgras/The Daily Progress

One month after white nationalists stormed the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, bearing tiki torches and chanting, “You will not replace us,” a smaller but equally vocal crowd of protesters took to the Rotunda on Tuesday night, covering a statue of Thomas Jefferson in a black shroud, which was removed sometime after midnight Wednesday.

The group of about 100 UVa students, faculty and community members gathered despite the rain to deride the university’s response to the summer’s wave of white nationalist demonstrations.

They covered the UVa founder’s statue in black, mimicking the city’s decision to shroud the statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the wake of the violent Aug. 12 rally that resulted in one death and dozens of injuries.
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Dean Seal is a reporter for The Daily Progress. Contact him at (434) 978-7268, dseal@dailyprogress.com or @JDeanSeal on Twitter.

Barry Connelly

Thomas Jefferson
Was a very remarkable man who started
Learning very
Early in life and never stopped.

At 5, began
Studying under his cousin's tutor.

At 9, studied
Latin, Greek and French.

At 14, studied
Classical literature and additional languages.

At 16, entered
The College of William and Mary.
Also could write in Greek with one hand
While writing the same in Latin with the other.

At 19, studied
Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.

At 23, started
His own law practice.

At 25, was
Elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.

At 31, wrote the
Widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America" And
Retired from his law practice.

At 32, was a
Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.

At 33, wrote the
Declaration of Independence.

At 33, took
Three years to revise Virginia's legal code and wrote a Public Education
Bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.

At 36, was
Elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick
Henry.

At 40, served in
Congress for two years.

At 41, was the
American minister to France and
Negotiated commercial treaties with
European nations
Along with Ben
Franklin and John Adams..

At 46, served as
The first Secretary of State
Under George
Washington.

At 53, served as
Vice President and was elected
President of the American Philosophical
Society.

At 55, drafted
The Kentucky Resolutions and
Became the active head of Republican
Party.

At 57, was
Elected the third president of the
United
States.

At 60, obtained
The Louisiana Purchase doubling
The nation's
Size.

At 61, was
Elected to a second term as President.

At 65, retired
To Monticello.

At 80, helped
President Monroe shape the
Monroe
Doctrine.

At 81, almost
Single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first
President.

At 83, died on
The 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence along
With John Adams.

Thomas Jefferson
Knew because he himself studied the previous failed attempts at government.
He understood
Actual history, the nature of God, His laws and the nature
Of man. That happens to be way more than what most understand
Today.

Jefferson really knew his stuff.

A voice from the past to lead us in the future:

John F. Kennedy
Held a dinner in the White House for a group of the brightest minds
In the nation at that time He made this statement: "This is perhaps
The assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in
The White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined
Alone."

"When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in
Europe,we shall become as corrupt as Europe."--
Thomas
Jefferson

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those
Who are willing to work and give to those who would not."-- Thomas Jefferson

{This is a spurious quotation. See: The democracy will cease to exist... (Spurious Quotation)
For more help figuring out which is these quotations are genuine and which are not, see: Chain Email with 10 Jefferson Quotations}

"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes.
A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."-- Thomas Jefferson

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government
From wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them"--
Thomas
Jefferson

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government
Results from too much government."--
Thomas
Jefferson

{Also spurious}

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."--
Thomas
Jefferson

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms
Is,as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."-- Thomas Jefferson

{Yet again spurious}

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time
With the blood of patriots and tyrants."--
Thomas
Jefferson

"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he
Disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."--
Thomas
Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson said in 1802:

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than
Standing armies.

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their
Currency,first by inflation, then by deflation, the
Banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks
will deprive the people of all property - until
their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."