The case of the land that houses a confederate statue in Tuskegee is in court.
A judge is scheduled to consider arguments Thursday in a legal fight over a Confederate monument in Tuskegee.
A Confederate heritage group says it will fight a lawsuit in Macon County that could lead to the removal of a monument in Tuskegee.
Macon County officials have announced that they have filed a lawsuit in state court over the Confederate statue in Tuskegee’s town square that some want to be removed. The question has been over who owns the land where the statue stands.
Its been almost two weeks since Tuskegee City Councilman Johnny Ford attempted to cut down a confederate statue that sits in the downtown square, and now there are concerns the statue may be unsafe to continue standing as is.
A group claiming responsibility for stealing a Confederate monument from Old Live Oak Cemetery in Selma last month is now threatening to turn the ornate sculpture of a chair into a toilet. A representative of the United Daughters of the Confederacy on March 20 reported to police that the Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair had gone missing from the cemetery. Someone…
Leaders in Macon County are taking steps to remove a Confederate statue that sits in downtown Tuskegee. The statue was painted with graffiti over the weekend. Attorneys for Macon County have released a legal opinion that says they believe that the land where the statue stands is owned by Macon County. The land was given to the United Daughters of…
