Readers Write: Freedom threatened by attacks on statues

The Island Now

The statues of famous Americans are being destroyed by left-wing vandals, which I am very troubled by these egregious acts against America.

This includes the destruction of a statue of Christopher Columbus in Hartford, Conn. recently.

Now my husband, Frederick R. Bedell Jr. is Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus Council # 5911 in Douglaston is very troubled as well.

Meanwhile, there is even talk of Mount Rushmore, where there are figures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln be removed or destroyed because it sits on sacred Indian grounds.

This I found very sad indeed. I agree with President Trump where he said at Mount Rushmore: “We will never surrender the spirit and the courage and the cause of July 4th, 1776.” And I hope that never happens as well.

As my husband often has said,” Evil thrives when good people do nothing.”

We all must stand up for what is right or else we will no longer have a free America.

Eva Bedell

Bellerose

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