National Memorial Museum

12/08/2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/07/943961997/virginia-military-institute-removes-statue-of-confederate-gen-stonewall-jackson

The figure of Jackson was removed from its pedestal in front of the campus barracks Monday morning. It will be relocated to the Virginia Museum of the Civil War in New Market, Va.

11/30/2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorative_justice

Restorative justice is an approach to justice in which one of the responses to a crime is to organize a meeting between the victim and the offender, sometimes with representatives of the wider community. The goal is for them to share their experience of what happened, to discuss who was harmed by th...

11/29/2020

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/06/07/floyd-killing-truth-reconciliation-commission-race-police-column/3147541001/

These commissions often accomplish what courts can't, such as public accountability and admissions of wrongdoing, and impetus for reforms and progress.

11/29/2020

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/16/does-america-need-a-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-395332

They’ve worked in other countries. In the middle of a national reckoning on race, some advocates are wondering: Why not here?

11/28/2020

This museum should serve as a place dedicated to the healing process, to a national reconciliation for promoting diverse ideas without fear of retribution in accordance with our Constitutional guarantee of free speech. Let the monuments serve as memorials to our diverse heritage and commitment towards a more loving acceptance o tolerance and peaceful discourse.

11/28/2020

https://www.reconciliation.org.au/what-is-reconciliation/

Reconciliation focuses on the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians, raising questions about our national identity and the place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, cultures and rights in our nation’s story.

11/28/2020

https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/sc14024.doc.htm

Hailing reconciliation as a powerful means by which to help societies heal after brutal wars and mass atrocities, speakers emphasized today that the concept must also evolve to tackle increasingly complex modern‑day conflicts — often related to polarization, inequality and growing mistrust of in...

11/28/2020

As a native NYC person I would like to see the National Momento, (Memorial) Museum, be housed in NYC.

11/28/2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_(South_Africa)

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like restorative justice[1] body assembled in South Africa after the end of apartheid.[2] Witnesses who were identified as victims of gross human rights violations were invited to give statements about their experiences, and some were selecte...

11/28/2020

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-native-american-statue-removal-20180401-story.html

Over the decades, this quiet coastal hamlet has earned a reputation as one of the most liberal places in the nation.

11/28/2020

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/502492-list-statues-toppled-vandalized-removed-protests

Protests over the killing of George Floyd have led to the removal of historical statues across the U.S.

11/28/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/us/confederate-statues-photos.html

Statues and monuments that have long honored racist figures are being boxed up, spray-painted — or beheaded.