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Kansas City takes down Confederate monument after vandalism
Source: Reuters
#U.S. AUGUST 25, 2017 / 11:31 AM / 2 HOURS AGO
Kansas City takes down Confederate monument after vandalism
Reuters Staff
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - Municipal workers in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday started dismantling a Confederate memorial that was vandalized earlier this month, the latest move to take down a Civil War symbol amid a fierce debate about race and the legacy of slavery in America.
A rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, by white nationalists opposed to plans to move a statue of a Confederate general there turned deadly on Aug. 12 when a man crashed a car into counter-protesters, killing one woman.
Crews in Missouri’s largest city began breaking up the 8,000 pound (3629 kg) stone monument commemorating the “women who stayed behind” during the Civil War before dawn at the request of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which had become concerned for its safety.
The monument will be transported to “an offsite, secure storage space” until the UDC decides what to do with it, City Hall spokesman Chris Hernandez said by telephone.
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Kansas City takes down Confederate monument after vandalism
Reuters Staff
3 MIN READ
(Reuters) - Municipal workers in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday started dismantling a Confederate memorial that was vandalized earlier this month, the latest move to take down a Civil War symbol amid a fierce debate about race and the legacy of slavery in America.
A rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, by white nationalists opposed to plans to move a statue of a Confederate general there turned deadly on Aug. 12 when a man crashed a car into counter-protesters, killing one woman.
Crews in Missouri’s largest city began breaking up the 8,000 pound (3629 kg) stone monument commemorating the “women who stayed behind” during the Civil War before dawn at the request of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which had become concerned for its safety.
The monument will be transported to “an offsite, secure storage space” until the UDC decides what to do with it, City Hall spokesman Chris Hernandez said by telephone.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-protests-statues-idUSKCN1B51X2
