Hidden Confederate memorials up for debate at local church
By Candice Cole
Published: August 25, 2015, 12:08 am
Updated: August 25, 2015, 12:11 am
... St. Paul’s Episcopal Church not only serves as a house of worship, but also a historical stop for visitors. Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, both prominent images of the civil war, were also members of St. Paul’s during that time.
The two Confederate figures also have memorials through out the sanctuary, including a stained glass window portraying Robert E. Lee as Moses freeing the Israelites, and another tribute to Jefferson Davis, depicted as St. Paul ...
“I raised the idea, perhaps this is the time for us to have a conversation about the confederate memorials and images here in the church, and immediately got a lot of positive response from the congregation,” he said ...
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