5 sites Confederate statue could call home (MD)
08 Sep 2015
Written by Danica Roem
... Beall-Dawson would keep the statue adjacent to the existing museum and the Montgomery County Historical Society, according to a county document, which noted that the park’s small parking lot and adjacent street parking should suffice for commuters wishing the view the statue ...
... the privately owned 220-year-old Edgehill Farm in Gaithersburg ... is the least likely since the property owner would only allow visitors “to come to the farm to see the statue a few times each year” but “would not be open as often as public sites” ...
Relocating it to Callithea “would require significant capital investment and is not yet funded.” Jesup Blair also would require “additional funding for rehabilitation,” though that relates more to the vacant house that would host the statue.
Leggett reiterated Friday that ... “My position was to remove it, put it in storage” ...
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