Category: Confederate monuments

Nashville Suburb Sues to Rename Streets Honoring Confederate Generals

January 5, 2023
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A Nashville suburb is suing the Tennessee Historical Commission over a decision that blocked the city from renaming five streets because the commission considered them “monuments” under Tennessee law. The city of Forest Hills, approximately 10 miles southeast of downtown Nashville, filed a petition with the historical commission in April 2022 to receive a waiver…

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West Point Modifications Continue Nationwide Removal of Confederate Memorials

December 28, 2022
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Recommendations for the removal and renaming of multiple tributes to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee at the U.S. Military Academy were not made “with any intention of erasing history,” according to the Naming Commission report submitted to Congress. “The facts of the past remain and the commissioners are confident the history of the Civil War…

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West Point Begins Removal, Alteration of Confederate Memorials on Campus

December 27, 2022
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The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has commenced the removal and modification of 13 Confederate memorials and symbols on its campus at the direction of the Department of Defense. The modifications—recommended by the congressionally mandated Naming Commission and subsequently approved by the Defense Department in October—were to begin over the school’s holiday break, which…

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