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TexasTowelie

(112,427 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2020, 09:03 AM Jun 2020

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Houston Removes 2 Confederate Statues, With Plans To Relocate Them Nearby

Houston’s two Confederate statues – both located in city-owned parks – will be relocated ahead of the city’s Juneteenth celebrations this year.

On Tuesday, the city of Houston removed the Spirit of the Confederacy statue from downtown’s Sam Houston Park, storing it temporarily in a city warehouse before it’s relocated to a display at the Houston Museum of African American Culture.

The statue of Confederate lieutenant Dick Dowling in Hermann Park will be removed Wednesday.

But the relocation plan is not without controversy. NAACP Houston branch president James M. Douglas condemned the decision to house the Spirit of the Confederacy statue at the Houston Museum of African American Culture.

Read more: https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2020/06/17/376465/houston-removes-two-confederate-statues-with-plans-to-relocate-them-nearby/

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Houston Removes 2 Confederate Statues, With Plans To Relocate Them Nearby (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2020 OP

They could set up a target practice exhibit. raging moderate Jun 2020 #1

Jeez how stupid/insensitive/and lack of empathy packman Jun 2020 #2

Wait. What? Who's decision was it to put them in the AA museum? Shell_Seas Jun 2020 #3

raging moderate

(4,308 posts)

1. They could set up a target practice exhibit.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 09:08 AM

Jun 2020

They could play Civil War Black Soldiers' songs on a tape loop. Maybe people would pay to shoot paintballs at this statue. And not only Black people.

packman

(16,296 posts)

2. Jeez how stupid/insensitive/and lack of empathy

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 10:45 AM

Jun 2020

They are going to "house the Spirit of the Confederacy statue at the Houston Museum of African American Culture."

Shell_Seas

(3,335 posts)

3. Wait. What? Who's decision was it to put them in the AA museum?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 12:48 PM

Jun 2020

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