To make the matter even more ghoulish, the city has not actually come up with a plan yet on what to do with his remains that have been in the location since 1892.
General Hill had requested he be buried under the memorial in his will, ABC 8 reports.
“He had left in his will that he wanted to be buried in Richmond. I’m not sure why Richmond because he wasn’t from Richmond and didn’t have any particularly strong Richmond roots that I’m aware of,” Bob Balster, president of the Hermitage Road Historic District Association told 8News.
To ensure his wishes were carried out, Confederate veterans who served under Hill raised money for the monument and the land was donated by Lewis Ginter.
The National File reports that an effort “led by Mayor Levar Stoney and backed by Governor Ralph Northam, anti-history Democrats in Richmond, Virginia are finalizing plans to dig up the remains of Confederate General Ambrose Powell Hill, who lies beneath a towering statue dedicated in his honor and now marked for removal amidst efforts to erase all traces of the Confederacy from its former capital.”
Though the city removed nearly all of their Confederate statues during the terroristic Black Lives Matter riots last year, the general’s statue and grave had remained.
To circumvent laws against desecrating graves, the Democrats are reportedly designating the grave a threat to traffic safety, giving them the power to remove it.
According to the National File, under the removal plans, “workers will remove the bronze statue of the General before destroying its stone pedestal and removing the sarcophagus containing his remains. Details of what the city plans to do with Hill’s remains are unclear, and the project is estimated to carry a taxpayer-funded price tag of over $33,000.”
via thegatewaypundit
Virginia Dems Plan to Dig Up Confederate General’s Grave Without Relocation Plan
Just when you thought the Communists – er, I mean the Democrats – could not sink any lower, they go out and prove you wrong.
No, I am sure that deep in your heart,you knew they were capable of this.They are no where even done yet.These are total scumbags that will sink even lower, stand by,they will not disappoint you,unfortunately for us.
Miserable commie sons of byttches!
They wish to erase confederate history, due to slavery and segregation. Meanwhile, they are trying to reverse the segregation willingly. As they say, history will repeat itself through willful ignorance. We will live through another civil war, and ironically, same as the first, this one is being brought about by democrates.
“If a nation expects to be ignorant — and free — in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” — Thomas Jefferson
Trying to erase history again AND dishonoring the dead in the process. Every single one of them needs to be removed from office. NOW! BLM is a domestic terrorist organization and needs to be banned from all proceedings due to their violent nature. If they cause more problems jail them!
The libtards are now resorting to grave robbing, keep up the good work!
This is a terrible idea. But of course it’s a Democrat idea.
I say piss on the Burn Loot & Murder group that wants to change American history. & to top this off, the Democrats want to get rid of Columbus Day also & call it National Indigenous Day, what a Freaking joke.