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Gwinnett County commissioners vote to move controversial Confederate statue
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners votes to move the Confederate monument currently on public land.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to move a controversial Confederate monument in Lawrenceville’s town square into storage. Confederate monuments are not just innocent stone and metal. They intentionally glorify, sanitize, and celebrate a dark and shameful past, said Commissioner Kirkland Carden, who campaigned its removal. Removing this monument will not remove the Confederacy from history - it will still be taught in academia and studied in our history books - however, it does put a stop to the celebration of America’s most shameful and darkest chapter.