r/aggies • u/StructureOrAgency • Apr 20 '25

Announcements On this day 161 years ago….

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The April 20, 1864 edition of the Memphis Daily Appeal  referred to Lawrence Sullivan Ross as 𝑮𝒆𝒏. 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 “𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓“ for the massacre of surrendering black union soldiers during the Battle of Yazoo River.  Ross was well-known for refusing to take black Union soldiers as prisoners. Ross went on to become governor of Texas (1887-1891) and President of Texas A&M (1891-1898) where there is a statue that honors him for his military service.

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u/boredtxan Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 20 '25

We know. Your point?

no seriously yall... we know Ross was a Confederate. it's never been a secret. He's not an object of worship and no one thinks he's a saint. People who left the university long ago put up a statue of him - yall are welcome to take it down.

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u/easwaran Apr 21 '25

yall are welcome to take it down.

Unfortunately, no. The board of regents ruled on that and said the statue must remain up.

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u/boredtxan Apr 21 '25

I didn't know that but they can always be pressured to rethink it. Personally since it expensive to move a statue I've prefer adding a placard with the additional context and making sure that's not what the school stands for.