3 New Bills Target GA Confederate Monuments

Confederate Monuments: Southern Heritage or Southern Art?

Many state legislatures have passed laws protecting the monuments ... 3. Peter Arthur Beiter, Elbert ... Charlottesville's statue was begun by New York ...

The Costs of the Confederacy - Smithsonian Magazine

We have found that, over the past ten years, taxpayers have directed at least $40 million to Confederate monuments—statues, homes, parks, museums, libraries and ...

In Alabama, a vote to keep Confederate monument protections

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would give cities and counties a possible avenue to take down ...

The State Flag of Georgia: The 1956 Change In Its Historical Context

Senate Bill 3 – Lease of Public School Property ... new Georgia state flag which bore the Confederate battle flag. ... memorial for Confederate veterans.

How Local Governments Can Challenge Confederate "Statue ...

Monuments of Folly, NEW NAT'L ERA (D.C.), Dec. 1, 1870, at 3. 53. For a brief examination of the history and purpose behind many Confederate monuments.

Grey State, Blue City: Defending Local Control Against Confederate ...

monument-protection laws: Alabama, Georgia, ... CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS AND PUNITIVE PREEMPTION: THE LATEST ... e.g., Merrit Kennedy, 3 North Carolina Confederate ...

Virginia lawmakers pass bill allowing Confederate monument ...

Some of Virginia's ...

Historic Statue Removal – Top 3 Pros & Cons - ProCon.org

... statues of Christopher Columbus and others have also been targeted ... Hannah Natanson, “There's a New Way to Deal with Confederate Monuments ... Georgia, a ...

Public Confederate Markers in the United States - Ballard Brief - BYU

Leading practices for alleviating these consequences include proposals to relocate Confederate monuments to museum settings and protests calling ...

Majority of House GOP, including 3 Black Republicans, vote for ...

Majority of House GOP, including 3 Black Republicans, vote for failed Confederate memorial measure ... The amendment failed in the House but had ...

The Life and Death of Confederate Monuments

... new-confederate-memorials-20171020- story.html; New Confederate Monument to be Dedicated in Dahlonega, GA,. PRATTVILLE DRAGONS (May 24, 2016) ...

John Lewis statue replacing Confederate monument in Georgia city

The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most ...

THE CURIOUS CASE OF CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS

vandalized the marble obelisk, defacing the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors. Monument, spurring the new mayor, Randall Woodfin, to remove the monument and pay ...

Monuments to the Confederacy and the Right to Destroy in Cultural ...

In Part III, I propose a new regime for cultural-property law that permits ... a single exception to the new heritage laws.79 ... 3. Confederate Monuments ...

The Afterlife of Confederate Monuments

Even where laws do not constrain their removal choices, communities may choose to relinquish ownership to a Confederate heritage organization ( ...

How the US Got So Many Confederate Monuments | HISTORY

More statues were targeted following protests over the police killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis, on May 25, 2020. On June 9, ...

House bill calls for removing Confederate monuments from national ...

The bill, known as “HB 7608” is titled the “Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021” was sponsored by ...

Case Studies: Confederate Monuments | Atlanta History Center

March 30, 2019 ... Georgia Legislature votes to increase protections for monuments. This law increased fines and penalties of vandalism of any monument, as well ...

History, Heritage, and Hate: The Fate of Confederate Monuments in ...

Last week, a statue of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was taken down by city commissioners in Rome, Georgia. The monument ...

House votes to remove Confederate statues from US Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would remove from the Capitol a bust of Roger Taney, the U.S. chief justice ...