Officials in West Palm Beach, Manatee County,
Jacksonville and elsewhere have either voted to take the monuments down
or have seen public arguments about what path to choose......
A monument has also been taken from West Palm Beach cemetery. Crews
took apart a Confederate monument in the city-owned cemetery to be put
in storage until its owner, the United Daughters of Confederacy,
determines its fate, according to WPTV.
The city’s mayor decided to remove a 10-foot memorial to Confederate soldiers in Woodlawn Cemetery, according to the Palm Beach Post. The paper reported the monument “recently joined others nationwide as symbols of a wound that has not healed” and that it been vandalized — spray painted with the word “Antifa (expletive) Nazi & KKK” — just the day before the announcement."
Read entire article at http://staugustine.com/local-news/news/florida/2017-08-26/public-s-turn-weigh-confederate-monuments-issue-coming-st
The city’s mayor decided to remove a 10-foot memorial to Confederate soldiers in Woodlawn Cemetery, according to the Palm Beach Post. The paper reported the monument “recently joined others nationwide as symbols of a wound that has not healed” and that it been vandalized — spray painted with the word “Antifa (expletive) Nazi & KKK” — just the day before the announcement."
Read entire article at http://staugustine.com/local-news/news/florida/2017-08-26/public-s-turn-weigh-confederate-monuments-issue-coming-st
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