Group seeks to make removal of Jefferson Davis statue tougher (KY)

[struggle4progress]

BY JACK BRAMMER
JULY 7, 2016 5:21 PM

FRANKFORT - A group known as The Friends of the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site is seeking a military designation for the controversial Davis statue in the Capitol Rotunda — a move that would make it more difficult to remove the statue from the Capitol.

State curator Leslie Nigels of Louisville and Steve Collins, chairman of the state Historic Properties Advisory Commission, said Thursday they do not know the group and are studying implications of giving the statue a military designation.

Ed Georgen, president of the citizens group from Lyon County, acknowledged in a telephone interview that the designation would require the advisory commission to get approval from the Kentucky Military Heritage Commission before ever moving the statue.

Currently, the advisory commission has sole legal authority in overseeing the statues in the Capitol. Last August, it voted 7-2-1 to keep the Davis statue in the building ...

http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article88272002.html

[Scootaloo]

1. A statue to Jefferson Davis in a Union state.

Uhhhhh huh. That's like when I saw the Derpass Flag on bumper stickers in Oregon. Really?

[tonyt53]

2. Hell, you can go see the Jefferson Davis monument (state park) near Auburn, KY.

If is a smaller version of the Washington Monument in DC. KY was more affiliated with the north than the south. Much more.