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Greene stopped by the Wilder Monument in Georgia to honor the Confederate soldiers of the Wilder Brigade—without realizing the brigade was made up of Union soldiers.
By Alan HerreraOct 20, 2022
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Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was widely mocked online after her attempt to celebrate the Confederacy by visiting a purported Confederate monument backfired because she didn't seem to realize she was actually at a memorial honoring Union soldiers.
Writing on Truth Social—which you might know as former Republican President Donald Trump's failing social media platform—Greene announced that she had visited the Wilder Monument in Chickamunga, Georgia.
Greene said that she "will always defend our nation's history" despite being very wrong about the history behind the monument she was visiting.
You can see her post below.
@MTG/Truth Social
The Wilder Monument, which was completed in 1903, was erected to honor the Lightning Brigade (led by John T. Wilder) of the Union Army's Army of the Cumberland. The brigade participated in the Battle of Chickamauga during the American Civil War, with the monument located on the battlefield where the brigade fought.
The monument consists of a watch tower made from limestone quarried from near the battlefield. The height of the tower is 85 feet, while the total height including a flagpole at the top of the tower is 105 feet.
Greene ultimately deleted her post, but not before screenshots were taken and circulated elsewhere on the internet.
She was swiftly mocked for her error and many criticized her for glorifying the Confederacy, which sought to preserve human chattel slavery as a viable economic system.
\u201cMarjorie Taylor Greene tried to honor the Confederacy but failed spectacularly https://t.co/LUbxS5zD94 Geez Georgia she is at a Union Monument. Do Better.\u201d
 — Orig NastyWomanFromTucson. (@Orig NastyWomanFromTucson.)
        1666197365
\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s worse, that treasonous Marge Greene refers to the Confederacy as her \u201cnation\u201d or that she doesn\u2019t know that\u2019s a monument in the South honoring the Union\u201d
 — Tomalan Cal (@Tomalan Cal)
        1666222073

\u201chttps://t.co/tAGcXfE8k6\n\u201cTonight, I stopped at the Wilder Monument in Chickamauga, GA, which honors the Confederate soldiers of the Wilder Brigade,\u201d Greene wrote \u201cI will always defend our nation\u2019s history!\u201d\n@RepMTG fails again. The Wilder Monument honors Union soldiers\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 #FAIL\u201d
 — MelonCollieMollie Grand Duchess of Terror (@MelonCollieMollie Grand Duchess of Terror)
        1666190704
\u201c1st of all this was a monument to Union soldiers not confederate, but the fact she wants to honor & defend the confederacy which fought to uphold slavery, tells u everything u need to know about Marjorie Taylor Greene. This isn't ignorance as much as it is 'in your face' racism.\u201d
 — Pepper Oceanna Lewis \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddeb (@Pepper Oceanna Lewis \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddeb)
        1666210648
\u201cHer stunning ignorance of history aside, recognize this for what is. A glorification of the Confederacy and what it stood for, meant as raw meat to the MAGAs who are still irate about the outcome of the war. https://t.co/SdXXjzcfls\u201d
 — Dave- We\u2019re only custodians (@Dave- We\u2019re only custodians)
        1666189871

\u201cBe nice if @RepMTG knew the difference between the Union and the Confederacy. #VoteBlueIn2022 \nMarjorie Taylor Greene visits Union Army monument \u2014 which she says honors \u2018Confederate soldiers\u2019 https://t.co/ufPzHiTREL\u201d
 — Jennifer H. (@Jennifer H.)
        1666147610
\u201clol. Georgia is a mess. \ud83e\udee3\n\n"...despite Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s apparent rush to pay her respects to what she believed was a Confederate monument, the monument actually pays tribute to Union troops that battled the Confederacy." \n\nhttps://t.co/ObdSrfXuDF\u201d
 — Sentient in Sunshine (@Sentient in Sunshine)
        1666190075

\u201c"Honoring the Confederacy" is inherently anti-American. https://t.co/zTuOtyIq2s\u201d
 — Juan Rivera, P.E. \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf7 \ud83d\udc99 (@Juan Rivera, P.E. \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf7 \ud83d\udc99)
        1666212624
\u201cBecause .@RepMTG is uneducated & ignorant she thought the Wilder Monument in Chickamauga, GA, honors the Confederate soldiers\u201d,\nWrong marge - it honors the union soldiers - the boys in blue who fought to keep people like you from ruining out country.\n\nhttps://t.co/uhdTCYr6ip\u201d
 — CrankyJoe \ud83e\udd2c\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udc40 (@CrankyJoe \ud83e\udd2c\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udc40)
        1666201093
Greene isn't exactly known or celebrated for her knowledge of American history.
Earlier this year, she made headlines after she absurdly claimed the Declaration of Independence offers a justification for the January 6 insurrection.
Her remarks were yet another attempt to rewrite the narrative of the attack, which took place when a mob of the former President's supporters stormed the United States Capitol on the false premise that the 2020 election had been stolen.
Greene claimed that independent voters "need to look harder at the lies of 'BlueAnon'," a derogatory nickname for critics who have criticized her own affinity for QAnon conspiracy theories. She then pivoted, asserting that the Declaration of Independence offers clear justifications for the attack, which she claimed was designed to quell what she referred to as a "Communist revolution."
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Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was widely mocked online after her attempt to celebrate the Confederacy by visiting a purported Confederate monument backfired because she didn't seem to realize she was actually at a memorial honoring Union soldiers.

Writing on Truth Social—which you might know as former Republican President Donald Trump's failing social media platform—Greene announced that she had visited the Wilder Monument in Chickamunga, Georgia.

Greene said that she "will always defend our nation's history" despite being very wrong about the history behind the monument she was visiting.

You can see her post below.

@MTG/Truth Social

The Wilder Monument, which was completed in 1903, was erected to honor the Lightning Brigade (led by John T. Wilder) of the Union Army's Army of the Cumberland. The brigade participated in the Battle of Chickamauga during the American Civil War, with the monument located on the battlefield where the brigade fought.

The monument consists of a watch tower made from limestone quarried from near the battlefield. The height of the tower is 85 feet, while the total height including a flagpole at the top of the tower is 105 feet.

Greene ultimately deleted her post, but not before screenshots were taken and circulated elsewhere on the internet.

She was swiftly mocked for her error and many criticized her for glorifying the Confederacy, which sought to preserve human chattel slavery as a viable economic system.

\u201cMarjorie Taylor Greene tried to honor the Confederacy but failed spectacularly https://t.co/LUbxS5zD94 Geez Georgia she is at a Union Monument. Do Better.\u201d
— Orig NastyWomanFromTucson. (@Orig NastyWomanFromTucson.) 1666197365

\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s worse, that treasonous Marge Greene refers to the Confederacy as her \u201cnation\u201d or that she doesn\u2019t know that\u2019s a monument in the South honoring the Union\u201d
— Tomalan Cal (@Tomalan Cal) 1666222073

\u201chttps://t.co/tAGcXfE8k6\n\u201cTonight, I stopped at the Wilder Monument in Chickamauga, GA, which honors the Confederate soldiers of the Wilder Brigade,\u201d Greene wrote \u201cI will always defend our nation\u2019s history!\u201d\n@RepMTG fails again. The Wilder Monument honors Union soldiers\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 #FAIL\u201d
— MelonCollieMollie Grand Duchess of Terror (@MelonCollieMollie Grand Duchess of Terror) 1666190704

\u201c1st of all this was a monument to Union soldiers not confederate, but the fact she wants to honor & defend the confederacy which fought to uphold slavery, tells u everything u need to know about Marjorie Taylor Greene. This isn't ignorance as much as it is 'in your face' racism.\u201d
— Pepper Oceanna Lewis \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddeb (@Pepper Oceanna Lewis \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddeb) 1666210648

\u201cHer stunning ignorance of history aside, recognize this for what is. A glorification of the Confederacy and what it stood for, meant as raw meat to the MAGAs who are still irate about the outcome of the war. https://t.co/SdXXjzcfls\u201d
— Dave- We\u2019re only custodians (@Dave- We\u2019re only custodians) 1666189871

\u201cBe nice if @RepMTG knew the difference between the Union and the Confederacy. #VoteBlueIn2022 \nMarjorie Taylor Greene visits Union Army monument \u2014 which she says honors \u2018Confederate soldiers\u2019 https://t.co/ufPzHiTREL\u201d
— Jennifer H. (@Jennifer H.) 1666147610

\u201clol. Georgia is a mess. \ud83e\udee3\n\n"...despite Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s apparent rush to pay her respects to what she believed was a Confederate monument, the monument actually pays tribute to Union troops that battled the Confederacy." \n\nhttps://t.co/ObdSrfXuDF\u201d
— Sentient in Sunshine (@Sentient in Sunshine) 1666190075

\u201c"Honoring the Confederacy" is inherently anti-American. https://t.co/zTuOtyIq2s\u201d
— Juan Rivera, P.E. \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf7 \ud83d\udc99 (@Juan Rivera, P.E. \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf7 \ud83d\udc99) 1666212624

\u201cBecause .@RepMTG is uneducated & ignorant she thought the Wilder Monument in Chickamauga, GA, honors the Confederate soldiers\u201d,\nWrong marge - it honors the union soldiers - the boys in blue who fought to keep people like you from ruining out country.\n\nhttps://t.co/uhdTCYr6ip\u201d
— CrankyJoe \ud83e\udd2c\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udc40 (@CrankyJoe \ud83e\udd2c\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udc40) 1666201093

Greene isn't exactly known or celebrated for her knowledge of American history.

Earlier this year, she made headlines after she absurdly claimed the Declaration of Independence offers a justification for the January 6 insurrection.

Her remarks were yet another attempt to rewrite the narrative of the attack, which took place when a mob of the former President's supporters stormed the United States Capitol on the false premise that the 2020 election had been stolen.

Greene claimed that independent voters "need to look harder at the lies of 'BlueAnon'," a derogatory nickname for critics who have criticized her own affinity for QAnon conspiracy theories. She then pivoted, asserting that the Declaration of Independence offers clear justifications for the attack, which she claimed was designed to quell what she referred to as a "Communist revolution."

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