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Shreveport's Confederate Monument will stay
Posted on 8/10/17 at 7:41 pm
Posted on 8/10/17 at 7:41 pm
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Just voted on it.
I think they need to go ahead and move it. Someone needs to buy some of the vacant land off downtown and put up a park.
I seriously can't see this being the end of the issue. Pro-monument folks need to get proactive and get ahead of the game if they want to keep it from being Landrieud.
Just voted on it.
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In a vote 5 to 4, the Caddo Parish Commission's Monument Advisory Committee did not adopt the recommendation to move the monument.
I think they need to go ahead and move it. Someone needs to buy some of the vacant land off downtown and put up a park.
I seriously can't see this being the end of the issue. Pro-monument folks need to get proactive and get ahead of the game if they want to keep it from being Landrieud.
This post was edited on 8/10/17 at 7:43 pm
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Posted on 8/10/17 at 8:02 pm to alajones
I lived in Shreveport for 3 years and had no idea this existed.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 8:07 pm to lilsnappa
It used to have a confederate flag on it. They took it down a few years ago.
It's supposedly on private property as a gift from the city to the Daughters of the Confederacy a long time ago, but I think pro-monument folks are having a hard time proving that.
It's supposedly on private property as a gift from the city to the Daughters of the Confederacy a long time ago, but I think pro-monument folks are having a hard time proving that.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 8:12 pm to alajones
Y'all see the video of the lady taking a shite on the courthouse lawn???
In case you didn't, der it go. 710 KEEL courthouse pooper vid
In case you didn't, der it go. 710 KEEL courthouse pooper vid
Posted on 8/10/17 at 8:13 pm to alajones
Posted on 8/10/17 at 8:18 pm to alajones
Actually I think the anti-monument people are the ones who are not able to prove the parish owns the small parcel of land where the monument sits...they think if they repeat enough the lie/fake news that the DAC doesn't own it, the populace will believe them...classic Alinsky "rules for radicals".
This post was edited on 8/10/17 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 8/10/17 at 8:19 pm to mardigrarita
You may be right. I've heard conflicting stories.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 8:21 pm to alajones
quote:the frick
Caddo Parish Commission's Monument Advisory Committee
Polar thanks for not pulling a NOLA
Posted on 8/10/17 at 8:23 pm to alajones
I follow John Andrew Prime on FB...he is a former longtime reporter for the Shreveport times, a local historian and was one of the members of the committee tasked with gathering public opinion. He has done exhaustive research on the issue and has stated the DAC definitely owns the land and would prevail if the issue is taken to court...
Posted on 8/10/17 at 8:26 pm to mardigrarita
The story that was told to me was that the city's meeting minutes didn't mention it.
So it may be that the DotC have the goods and the city doesn't accept the claim.
So it may be that the DotC have the goods and the city doesn't accept the claim.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 9:29 pm to alajones
That's one nice looking monument, little iron fence and all.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 9:44 pm to alajones
Friend of mine is on that committee.
But they had an open transparent process with plenty of legitimate public involvement. Too bad Mitch didn't want the same.
But they had an open transparent process with plenty of legitimate public involvement. Too bad Mitch didn't want the same.
Posted on 8/10/17 at 9:45 pm to alajones
Is this the thread where everyone will bitch about this not going to a public vote?
This post was edited on 8/10/17 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 8/10/17 at 10:03 pm to fightin tigers
The South will rise again
Posted on 8/10/17 at 11:13 pm to alajones
How is Shreveport gonna ever flourish as a good city now with the statue not being removed? Come on Shreveport take the statue down and be as good of a city as NOLA currently is
Posted on 8/11/17 at 12:19 am to alajones
Solution: Leave the monument, move the courthouse. That courthouse is old and too small for current needs. Build a new one somewhere else.
Make the current site a park with all sorts of statues: Robert E Lee, Jesus, Santa, Edwin Edwards, MLK, Hazel Beard, Abe Lincoln, etc. The history loving statue worshippers can come picnic and revere their respective heroes,
The new courthouse should have no art or statues. People can't handle it,
Make the current site a park with all sorts of statues: Robert E Lee, Jesus, Santa, Edwin Edwards, MLK, Hazel Beard, Abe Lincoln, etc. The history loving statue worshippers can come picnic and revere their respective heroes,
The new courthouse should have no art or statues. People can't handle it,
Posted on 8/11/17 at 6:44 am to alajones
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The story that was told to me was that the city's meeting minutes didn't mention it.
The minutes do show the parish voting the donation of the land, but the actual filed deed has not been found.
Also the parish did not have a deed to the property until the 1950s, the monument has been there since 1906
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