Panel is keeping Jefferson Davis statue in Kentucky Capitol
11:05 AM Thursday Aug 6, 2015
FRANKFORT, Kentucky (AP) " A Kentucky commission will not remove a statue of Jefferson Davis from the state Capitol, saying the likeness of the Confederate president juxtaposes nicely with an imposing statue of fellow Kentuckian Abraham Lincoln as a testimony to the state's divisive history during and after the Civil War ...
The vote by the all-white commission follows the racially motivated slayings of nine black church members in South Carolina ...
The commission took its vote after receiving about 3,000 public comments. Of those, about 1,800 asked to keep the statue while 1,225 called for it to be removed. Both major party nominees for Kentucky governor have called for the statue's removal, as have other state politicians from both political parties. The Sons of Confederate Veterans opposed the removal, holding a rally at the statehouse last month calling on lawmakers to respect the state's history ...
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