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mfcorey1

(10,997 posts)
Mon Jun 10, 2013, 09:38 PM Jun 2013

Monument to Michelle Obama ancestor toppled in Ga

REX, Ga. -- Police are investigating after a monument dedicated to one of first lady Michelle Obama's relatives was knocked over in suburban Atlanta.

Clayton County Commissioner Sonna Singleton tells WSB-TV ( http://bit.ly/190XEEv) that a stone monument to Michelle Obama's great-great-great-grandmother, Melvinia Shields, was pushed over and will need to be inspected for cracks.

Officials say Shields was born into slavery in the mid-1800s and later settled in Rex, Ga., - about 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.


Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/10/3444076/monument-to-michelle-obama-ancestor.html#storylink=cpy

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Monument to Michelle Obama ancestor toppled in Ga (Original Post) mfcorey1 Jun 2013 OP
Ugh...... a kennedy Jun 2013 #1
I would be willing to bet that there were many Georgians involved in the creation dsc Jun 2013 #2
Georgia does not have an exclusive on dimwits Skittles Jun 2013 #3
All due respect, hamster Jun 2013 #5
ok, THE NORTHERN STATES Skittles Jun 2013 #6
If I didn't say yes, I would look like a sore sport. hamster Jun 2013 #8
Where was Ellen Sturtz when it occured? n/t CrazyJudy Jun 2013 #4
Where was Herman Cain? LOL mfcorey1 Jun 2013 #7

a kennedy

(29,467 posts)
1. Ugh......
Mon Jun 10, 2013, 09:45 PM
Jun 2013

GA, right?? the state of Georgia.... nothing further needs to be said. THEY STILL DON'T BELIEVE THE NORTH WON. Screw them all.... and I'm sorry this took place.

dsc

(52,130 posts)
2. I would be willing to bet that there were many Georgians involved in the creation
Mon Jun 10, 2013, 09:46 PM
Jun 2013

and erection of the monument too.

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