Well, Rap, been there, done that (several times), Francis Scott Key & all the rest.

What has Balmer tourism got to do with the death of amother Black man?

"Lynching, after all, is not an American instftution, but a peculiarly Southern institution, and even in the South it will die out as other more seemly recreations are introduced. It would be quite easy, we believe, for any Southern community to get rid of it by establishing a good brass band and having concerts every evening. "

... H. L. Mencken ( favorite son of Baltimore)