Where Do Confederate Flags & Monuments Go Once They’re Removed?

Were they cast out or raised up?

William Spivey
ILLUMINATION
Published in
5 min readJan 3, 2024

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By Dsdugan — Self-photographed, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=122546580

Nathan Bedford Forrest

The bust of the first-ever Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard, Nathan Bedford Forrest, was removed from its place of honor inside the Tennessee State Capitol on July 23, 2021. Four days later, it popped up in a newly constructed exhibit at the…

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William Spivey
ILLUMINATION

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