guno
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Remove all confederate monuments and put them into museums where they belong
"The young, white thug who sat for an hour in a prayer meeting at a South Carolina church, then pulled a gun and murdered nine black worshipers, touted his racism by posting a picture of himself online holding the Confederate flag."
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Since 1936, a statue of Davis, the only president of the Confederacy, has had a place of honor in Kentucky's Capitol, along with four other Kentuckians: his nemesis, Abraham Lincoln; statesman Henry Clay; pioneer physician Ephraim McDowell; and Vice President Alben Barkley.
Davis' statue was put there at the urging of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. In 1934, legislators appropriated $5,000 of taxpayer money to help pay for it. That sum is now worth about $89,000."
Lexington KY local and state news by the Lexington Herald-Leader Kentucky.com
"The young, white thug who sat for an hour in a prayer meeting at a South Carolina church, then pulled a gun and murdered nine black worshipers, touted his racism by posting a picture of himself online holding the Confederate flag."
"
Since 1936, a statue of Davis, the only president of the Confederacy, has had a place of honor in Kentucky's Capitol, along with four other Kentuckians: his nemesis, Abraham Lincoln; statesman Henry Clay; pioneer physician Ephraim McDowell; and Vice President Alben Barkley.
Davis' statue was put there at the urging of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. In 1934, legislators appropriated $5,000 of taxpayer money to help pay for it. That sum is now worth about $89,000."
Lexington KY local and state news by the Lexington Herald-Leader Kentucky.com
