Editorial: Keep it brief (8/12/2020) - Please don’t get us wrong: We want your opinions. We value them. But more and more, we’ve been inundated with letters to the editor that are as long as some… …
Editorial: Anniversaries to remember (8/12/2020) - What a game changer is 2020. Occasionally an event occurs that transforms America. It may be shocking, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor, or it may inspire great relief,… …
Letter: Monuments should be on private property (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Public monuments are erected in public spaces for a reason. They are a way to honor the sacrifices and selfless efforts of citizens in our community and nation.… …
Letter: Who decides? (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: “In addition to adding this item to the August agenda, the school board also unanimously voted against having the question of the name change placed before county voters… …
Letter: Change the name (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I have never understood why the elementary school is named after Lee and Jackson, two men who apparently never set foot in Mathews County. There are so many… …
Letter: Embrace love, not hate (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The removal of Confederate monuments and memorials has been an ongoing process for many years in many localities. This movement is being accelerated because of the decline in… …
Letter: Put it on the ballot (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I attended the school board meeting on July 30 at Mathews High School; they had a good crowd. As stated, no comments would be allowed from the public… …
Letter: Setting the record straight (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Two editions ago, I sent in a letter to the editor about my opinions on the Lee-Jackson name change. My opinion on this issue has not changed. That… …
Letter: Greater problems (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The name of the school … really? The economy of our country is currently stressed to the breaking point by pandemic politics. Drugs, and their cumulative baggage, have… …
Letter: Remembering history, not same as honoring it (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: We should never forget our history as Americans and acknowledge that America had invested much in slavery. With the first slave ship descending upon Jamestown in 1619, only… …
Letter: Not every statue has to comfort us (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I feel compelled to offer my opinion regarding the belief that removing statues or other memorials which commemorate historical events and our Confederate ancestors is somehow necessary. I… …
Letter: The Supreme Court and secession (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I am writing to correct a statement made in a letter of July 30 (“Lee and Jackson were Virginia patriots”) which states the following: “The U.S. Supreme Court… …
Letter: It is who we were (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Suddenly, it seems, everything and everyone connected to the Confederate States of America is the devil incarnate. Monuments and statues are defaced, torn down or removed. Names of… …
Letter: Make it right (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Last night as I was trying to decide how to write this letter, I took a walk in the Gloucester Colonial Courthouse Circle. I stood for a while… …
Letter: History forgotten (8/12/2020) - Our founding fathers established a loosely combined group of states joined for mutual advantage in a confederacy. As the young nation grew the South became agricultural and the North industrial.… …
Letter: A Unity Monument? (8/12/2020) - Thank you for allowing extra space in the Gazette-Journal for Letters to the Editor that reflect very different opinions regarding changing the name of Lee-Jackson Elementary School and removing the… …
Letter: Where have all the Christians gone? (8/12/2020) - I have lived in Mathews County for over 20 years. It is my favorite place on earth. We have so many good and helpful people and organizations. Many of us… …
Letter: Haskins’ SuperService Center lives up to its name (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In this time of the pandemic everyone is conscious of being sanitary, distancing each other a minimum of 6 feet, and wearing face masks, I also feel that… …
Letter: Not for the wealthy few, but for all (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: When I heard about the 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate exploding in Beirut, I asked how such a thing could happen. Upon further investigation, it turns out the… …
Letter: Community spirit (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Mathews Land Conservancy wishes to thank the members of the Mathews Rotary Club for the recent work completed at our Bayside location in Bavon at the end… …
Letter: America’s problem is not the Democrats (8/12/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Donald Trump has misrepresented the truth on so many issues that his supporters believe him. The writer of last week’s letter to the editor (“America, we have a… …
Editorial: A troubling proposal (8/5/2020) - For more than 230 years, the electoral system of the United States of America has worked pretty much as designed. And for much of that time, Americans have gone to… …
Editorial: Feeding the neighborhood (8/5/2020) - Among the many cancellations due to COVID-19 is the 2020 Food from the Heart annual gathering at White Hall Plantation. This midsummer event, which features food prep demonstrations in exchange… …
Letter: Gloucester’s monument should be placed in museum (8/5/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: For over 400 years, African Americans, Native Americans and other minorities have been treated as less than second-class citizens in a country that was founded on the principle… …
Letter: Monuments are memorials (8/5/2020) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The War Between the States was over for several years before communities (county and state) recovered enough to think about honoring their lost family members. Besides not having… …