Talbot Confederate Monument's Days May be Numbered (MD)
Updated: Jul 31, 2015 10:03 AM EDT
By Tyler Butler
... "You have individuals who fought to preserve slavery. So is that what we want to commemorate on the courthouse lawn? Individuals who fought to preserve slavery, the oppression of an entire race of people, so that's the main reason why we want to see it removed," said Potter.
The group does not believe the monument should be destroyed or melted down, rather moved to a cemetery in Easton, standing alongside the graves of those who served on the confederate side of the civil war ...
Bishop Joel Johnson says the confederate statue does not belong on the grounds where a slave market once stood.
"There's absolutely no balance between that slave market just a few feet away from this statue. It's unfortunate and it is tragic" ...
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