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struggle4progress

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Tue Aug 15, 2017, 09:33 PM Aug 2017

Confederate plaque removed from Hudson's Bay wall

A Confederate plaque on the west wall of the Hudson Bay in downtown Montreal was removed Tuesday evening.
MONTREAL GAZETTE

... Located on the Hudson’s Bay wall facing Union Ave., the plaque had been there since 1957. It read in French: “To the memory of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States, who lived in 1867 in the home of John Lovell, which was once here.”

After spending two years in a U.S. prison, Davis came to Montreal in 1867 to join his family, which had fled here earlier. He lived in Lennoxville until 1868 ...

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/confederate-plaque-removed-from-downtown-hudson-bay-wall

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Confederate plaque removed from Hudson's Bay wall (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2017 OP
Belongs in the dust bin. Nt BootinUp Aug 2017 #1
Davis shoulda been in prison for life Adrahil Aug 2017 #2
Thank you leanforward Aug 2017 #3
Makes no sense they would have a plaque honoring him. LiberalFighter Aug 2017 #4
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