- Joined
- Jan 12, 2016
- Location
- South Carolina
"South soldier"? Odd terminology. I wasn't familiar with this monument, which depicts both sides in the Civil War.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/michigan-town-keep-statue-black-144113308.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink
Michigan town to keep statue of Black child, South soldier
https://www.yahoo.com/news/michigan-town-keep-statue-black-144113308.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink
ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Leaders in a western Michigan community have voted to keep a statue of Confederate and Union Civil War soldiers with a Black child kneeling between them.
The Allendale Township board voted 5-2 Monday, despite a recommendation from a group that the statue be replaced by one with Union soldiers who are Black, Native American and white.
“It’s been made very clear to me that the majority of our residents wish for the Civil War statue to remain in the garden of honor,” said Jody Hansen, township clerk and board member.