Want to Lay Blame? Look Southwest. November 15, 2007
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Restoration experts managed to remove some of the paint sprayed on the Confederate monument at the Capitol but are expecting a tougher time to get the graffiti off its limestone base.
The vandalism occurred sometime Saturday night and was discovered early Sunday by Capitol Police, who are continuing to investigate the crime.
Both the 109-year-old monument and the grounds of the Capitol are lit at night. A spokeswoman with the Department of Public Safety could not say if security cameras surround the monument.
All of the faces and hands on the four figures were painted black. Painted on the base are “N.T. 11 11 31,” which Confederate veteran groups say refers to the slave Nat Turner, hanged on Nov. 11, 1831, for starting a rebellion in Virginia.
“It’s really a heinous thing for somebody to vandalize a soldiers monument particularly on Veterans Day weekend,” said George Gayle of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. “It’s kind of a slap in the face to all veterans really.”
Yes, it is a heinous thing. And if you want to find someone or something on which to lay part of the moral blame, go to the west side of the Capitol, on top of Goat Hill, look to the southwest, and find the really big, tacky, gawdy building that looks out-of-place and out-of-character for Montgomery.
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