By now most of you who keep up with news that affects Southern history and heritage know that last night, at around 9:20 pm eastern time , a group of communists pulled down the statue of "Silent Sam" on the University of North Carolina campus. According to Wikipedia: "The statue was funded by the University Alumni and the United Daughters of the Confederacy . It was erected in 1913 as a memorial to the Confederate alumni who lost their lives in the American Civil War and all students who joined the Confederate States Army . More than one thousand members of the university fought in the American Civil War in either the Northern or Southern armies, comprising at least 40% of the student body. The University remained open through the entire war. This was due to President Swain's policy of dependency on men unfit for combat. A bronze image on the front of the memorial depicts a young student dropping his books as he looks up to answer a call to duty. On the b...