It amazes me how these city officials think they have the right to remove something they didn’t pay for.  Glad to see that groups are standing up for the past.  Why do these officials think they can erase history by removing a statue?

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The San Antonio Express-News reports that a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy has sued San Antonio and city officials over the removal from Travis Park of the statue memorializing fallen Confederate soldiers. In a federal lawsuit, the organization’s Albert Sidney Johnston chapter No. 2060 said it did not receive due process to challenge the decision.

It accused the city of damaging the monument during the removal and said officials have yet to disclose what was done with it or hold a public discussion about the removal. The suit claims violations of the First, Fifth and 14th Amendments, and seeks unspecified monetary damages and attorney’s fees.

Crews removed the statue of a Confederate soldier, with its inscription dedicating it to “Our Confederate Dead” and its two accompanying Civil War cannons, on Sept. 1 shortly after the City Council ordered it by a 10-1 vote.

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