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Saturday, August 26, 2017

PUBLIC’S TURN TO WEIGH IN: Confederate Monuments Issue Coming to St. Augustine City Commission

"While St. Augustine residents debate the future of Confederate monuments in public spaces, other cities around the state and the nation are doing the same.
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
 

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