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Gwinnett County commissioners vote to move controversial Confederate statue


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. ....

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