St. Augustine FL leaders prepare for memorial debate

By Jim Piggott - Reporter
Posted: 12:01 PM, October 19, 2017
Updated: 5:21 PM, October 19, 2017

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - St. Augustine city leaders are preparing for a long debate Monday as they take up the issue of a Confederate monument on city property.

The Civil War memorial in the Plaza de la Constitución commemorates an area soldier who served and died in the Confederate Army.

City Manager John Regan was asked to conduct research into the topic after the City Commission heard over four hours of public comments Aug. 28.

The monument doesn’t really say anything about the Confederacy, but lists names of those who died in the Civil War ...

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