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  • Memphis City Council Orders the removal of Gen. Forrest Statue

    12/20/2017 5:18:48 PM PST · by vetvetdoug · 65 replies
    Self | 12-20-2017 | Self
    The Memphis City Council has ordered the removal of the NB Forrest Statue that sits on top of the graves of General and Mrs. NB Forrest. This action breaks several laws and the order of the State for Memphis to not make any action toward the historical monument and grave site.
  • General Forrest and the Confederate flag

    07/11/2009 7:53:15 PM PDT · by BigReb555 · 46 replies · 1,302+ views
    Canada Free Press ^ | July 11, 2009 | Calvin E. Johnson, Jr.
    Monday, July 13th, in the year of our Lord 2009, is the 188th birthday of American legend and Southern Hero--Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.
  • That elusive common ground (Dig up General Nathan Bedford Forrest)

    07/26/2005 10:06:51 PM PDT · by zipper · 31 replies · 933+ views
    Commercial Appeal (Memphis) ^ | July 26, 2005 | Editorial Staff
    Editorial 07/26: That elusive common ground July 26, 2005 Extreme points of view tend to get most of the ink, but those who seek the middle ground should not be discouraged. Such is the case in the dispute over the recommendation by the Center City Commission and Shelby County Commissioner Walter Bailey to rename Memphis parks whose names suggest continued allegiance to the Confederacy... [snip] Memphis attorney Karl Schledwitz, perhaps best known for leading the campaign to bring pandas to the Memphis Zoo, is the architect of this very different sort of move. Schledwitz said he had the necessary parties...