Group wants Confederate monument out of Travis Park

Updated: Saturday, July 18 2015, 10:22 PM CDT
By ZACH HEDRICK
Fox News San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO - A local civil and human rights group is calling for the removal of a Confederate statue in a downtown San Antonio park.

The statue pays homage to the Confederate dead and stands prominently in the center of Travis Park, which the city’s website says served as a camp for Confederate soldiers. But in the wake of the Charleston shooting, this is the latest Confederate marker to be called for removal.

Around a dozen members of the San Antonio Coalition for Civil and Human Rights met at the base of the monument Saturday morning.

"Things like this are divisive and people that want to divide America use these monuments and flags as something to divide," says Kevin Lewis ...

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