{"id":396796,"date":"2019-02-22T07:39:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T06:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-vandals-attack-statue-recognizing-wwii-hero-thinking-its-confederate-monument\/"},"modified":"2019-02-22T07:39:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T06:39:20","slug":"prison-planet-com-vandals-attack-statue-recognizing-wwii-hero-thinking-its-confederate-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-vandals-attack-statue-recognizing-wwii-hero-thinking-its-confederate-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Vandals Attack Statue Recognizing WWII Hero, Thinking It\u2019s Confederate Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/news\/local-news\/confederate-monument-vandals-take-aim-at-wrong-lee-statue-in-dunn\/1794689102\">WNCN<\/a><\/strong><br \/>February 21 ,2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>The controversy surrounding Confederate monuments has resulted in the vandalism of statues across the South.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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%2FZmJjbGlkPUl3QVIzTU1NRHFvZ2c3S1hvckRoUFhrYkZYVjRWM0NtSVVNN1JLX2Qxd1hNUVZ0RWRJODY0d2J4RDRCX1UlMjZ0ZXN0c2l0ZSUzREElMjZjb3JyZWxhdG9yPVt0aW1lc3RhbXBdIn0sImxpYnJhcnlSZXF1ZXN0ZWQiOnRydWV9LCJjb21zY29yZSI6eyJjbGllbnRJZCI6IjYwMzY0MzkiLCJuc19zdF9jaSI6IjM0MDI3MjAiLCJuc19zdF9jbCI6IjEyOTAwMCIsIm5zX3N0X2dlIjoidmlkZW8sTG9jYWwgTmV3cyxWaWRlbyIsIm5zX3N0X3N0IjoiV05DTiIsImMzIjoiLyIsImM0IjoiKm51bGwiLCJjNiI6IipudWxsIn19LCJodG1sNSI6dHJ1ZSwidG9rZW4iOiIgIn0%3D\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever even thought it would affect us in any way at all,\u201d said Mark Johnson, Curator of the General William C. Lee Airborne Museum in Dunn.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson thought for sure a statue of General William C. Lee would be safe from the chaos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a hometown grown boy here that turned out to be an international hero of World War II so to come and try to destroy his statue is just an insult to everybody,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Police say someone doused the statue in some kind of a flammable liquid and set it on fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was a big mistake,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cWhy would you do something like this? It really just irritates people.\u201d<!-- [donotprint] --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ppani\">\n<li>A d v e r t i s e m e n t<\/li>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p><!-- [\/donotprint] --><\/p>\n<p>Johnson thinks the vandals wanted to make a statement about slavery and racism and he thinks the vandals could use a history lesson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weaselzippers.us\/411528-vandals-attack-statue-recognizing-wwii-hero-thinking-its-confederate-monument\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Thursday, February 21, 2019  at  7:56 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/vandals-attack-statue-recognizing-wwii-hero-thinking-its-confederate-monument.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/vandals-attack-statue-recognizing-wwii-hero-thinking-its-confederate-monument.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WNCNFebruary 21 ,2019 The controversy surrounding Confederate monuments has resulted in the vandalism of statues across the South. \u201cNever even thought it would affect us in any way at all,\u201d said Mark Johnson, Curator of the General William C. 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