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An Atlanta Suburb Removed a Confederate Monument That Featured an Apparently Fake Winston Churchill Quote About Heritage

Gwinnett County Historic Courthouse. Courtesy Gwinnett County. A county in the Atlanta suburbs has removed a Confederate monument that stood on the grounds of the Gwinnett County Historic Courthouse in Lawrenceville. The decision is the latest win for the growing movement to remove monuments to hate. But this particular monument had two especially dubious distinctions. First, it was put in place exceptionally late. According to Michael Diaz-Griffith’s “Anti-Racist Preservationist’s Guide to Confederate Monuments,” a great many monuments to the “Lost Cause” of the Confederacy were erected between 1890 and 1920, decades after the Civil War, and in the 1950s and ’60s periods marked by advances in civil rights. The Lawrenceville monument was erected in 1993 by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. (Sadly, it is not the most recent.)

2 Confederate statues were removed in Georgia within 3 days

2 Confederate statues were removed in Georgia within 3 days elisfkc2 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 Two Confederate statues were removed from public locations in the state of Georgia this week. This comes as cities across the nation have grappled with how to handle statues of historical figures with troubling pasts, including Confederate generals, slave owners and colonizers. Monument put in storage One such vandalism was the catalyst for the removal of the Confederate monument that stood outside the Gwinnett County Courthouse in Lawrenceville. The stone monument, inscribed with “1861-1865 Lest We Forget” and installed in 1993, was removed and put into storage Thursday, according to CNN affiliate WXIA.

Gwinnett County removes Confederate monument

More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Gwinnett County removes Confederate monument Gwinnett County removed a Confederate monument from its historic courthouse square and placed it into storage Thursday night. The monument, installed in 1993 in the county seat of Lawrenceville, was removed after commissioners approved the step on Tuesday. LAWRENCEVILLE – A suburban Atlanta county has removed a Confederate monument from its historic courthouse square and placed it into storage. The monument, installed in 1993 in the Gwinnett County seat of Lawrenceville, was removed Thursday night after commissioners approved the step on Tuesday.

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