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By 1905, as a museum placard indicates below the Thomas portrait, there was a public debate about removing it. We insist that its appearance on the walls of our State Capitol has long been a source of discomfiture to thousands of Tennesseans, someone wrote in a letter to the editor of the Nashville American in April 1905.
That year, the Tennessee House passed a resolution to remove the Thomas portrait from the Capitol and place it in the possession of Gates P. Thruston, who also served in the Union Army and was vice president of the Tennessee Historical Society.
The Senate rejected the measure.
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History expert celebrates moving bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest to museum, removing from TN Capitol
Renee Kesler, the President of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, said Nathan Bedford Forrest s statue represents history but should not be celebrated. Author: Jacinta Render (WBIR) Updated: 11:18 PM EDT July 23, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. A decades-long effort to remove a bust of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader from the Tennessee Capitol has finally come to fruition. Crews are relocating three busts, including Nathan Bedford Forest, from the state capitol to the Tennessee State Museum on Friday morning.
Renee Kesler, the President at the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, said state leaders made the right decision to remove the bust. She said it does not represent all of the U.S. and it is better put in a history museum, instead of honored in the Tennessee Capitol.