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| Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest Rides Again |
| 2020-05-15 |
| (CNN)The remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife will be removed from a Memphis park where a monument of him once stood. The decision to move their remains came after the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a non-profit organization of male descendants of Confederate veterans, agreed to drop a pending lawsuit against park owners, according to CNN affiliate WREG. Forrest, who was a slave trader and early Ku Klux Klan leader, and his wife, Mary Ann, had their graves at Health Sciences Park, where a monument to Forrest used to be. City leaders voted in 2013 to change the name of three parks that honored Confederate figures in Memphis. Then, in 2015, they voted to move the Forrest statue. To proceed with the removal, they sought a waiver from the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act, a law that governs the removal, relocation or renaming of memorials on public property. But the Tennessee Historical Commission denied the city's request. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Forrest, who was a slave trader and early Ku Klux Klan leader And Democrat but that always seems to be hushed up. |
| Posted by: Dave Mac 2020-05-15 18:44 |
| #2 it's the only way to be sure your remains are not desecrated. When ah'm ded, I won't care. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-05-15 13:36 |
| #1 Why you need to be cremated and have your ashes spread on the wind. When the "hate Christians" crowd invites the muzz to take over, it's the only way to be sure your remains are not desecrated. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-05-15 10:11 |