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Mouton statue debated at council meeting (LA)
Claire Taylor
12:57 a.m. CST February 24, 2016
... Thirty-five people signed in to speak to the Lafayette City-Parish Council Tuesday about the monument at the intersection of Lee Avenue and Jefferson Street. No action was taken by the council.
"I'm not here because it's a Mouton thing," Todd Mouton, a fifth great-grandson of Jean Mouton, said. "It's much bigger than the name that thousands of your constituents share. It's about Lafayette."
The Mouton statue, he said, "is undeniably a Confederate monument. It was erected by the few to remind the many."
He urged the council "to be courageous" and move the statue to a museum ...
http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2016/02/24/mouton-statue-debated-council-meeting/80763444/