Dear Ms. Cathryn,
In response to your letter, the time has come to put a halt to this Mellon Foundation funded ‘so-called’ Monuments projects. Especially since the Black citizens are set to take another Black eye as it relates to the area known as the Block.
As a former President of the Asheville/ Buncombe County NAACP part of my legacy is tied up in the restoration of this Black Historic District (The Block). It now has no resemblance to the planned restoration of the Eagle Market Street Corporation that was going to restore this area to its heyday of Historic Black Business to include some affordable housing.
The plan now sold out by the City and Black property owners to include Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Now we are led to believe that as a part of the Mellon Foundation's $3 million dollar grant to the City of Asheville to revamp Pack Square, some of which will be used for a Gateway to the Block.
The very first thing that needs to be done on Pack Square is to put the Vance Cenotaph and the Monument of the Honorable General Robert E. Lee back to their rightful places of prominence. And accept the proposal of the Honorable Chapter President of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Mrs. Aston to build a Cenotaph to the Black citizens of Asheville for the support they gave to the Southern Confederacy.
And then began to address the issue of real meaningful Reparations in the area known as the Block, and not to forget Pack Square.
Sincerely,
HK Edgerton
Chairman Board of Advisors Emeritus Southern Legal Resource Center
President Southern Heritage 411
Mr. Edgerton;
Did you see that “Pack Square Plaza” is set to receive not just a financial injection from New York Democrats, but the entire spiritual pipeline is revealed.
Who is Pack Square Plaza, anyway?
Today’s Citizen-Times article begins,
“ASHEVILLE - The city will receive $3 million to reshape Pack Square Plaza and the gateway to The Block, the historic center of Asheville's Black business and cultural district, it announced in a June 23 news release.
Funding comes from the Mellon Foundation’s Monuments Project, a $250 million commitment to reimagine and rebuild commemorative spaces launched in 2020. The foundation was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in New York City.”
https://www.mellon.org/article/the-monuments-project-initiative
Isn’t it interesting? The battle is spiritual. Leftists like to say their changes will build a
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