Robadat
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We're now into digging up remains...
Absolutely outrageousMEMPHIS, TN (localmemphis.com)--The Memphis City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to move the remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife from HealthSciences Park.
They have been buried in a park on Union Avenue for 110 years.
Council members are also moving ahead with plans to remove the statue of Forrest, even looking at selling the statue to anyone who wants it.
"The Forrest family is solidly opposed to digging up the graves and moving them any place," said Lee Millar with the Son’s Of Confederate Veterans. "The statue just as well. They're opposed to moving the statue too."
There were rumors that the rush was on to move the statue and graves of Forrest and his wife in order to sell the property to the University of Tennessee.
"Has anyone else heard UT is about to do a $500 million expansion and that park is something they want?" asked council member Janis Fullilove.
"When I made this recommendation I had not heard that," replied council member Lowery.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans have not said much about the plan to get rid of the statue and move the graves until now.
"This appears to me to be another knee jerk reaction to that anti-Confederate hysteria. Some people here are trying to get on the bandwagon in erasing Confederate history and its just wrong," Millar said.
This battle is far from over. It will require more votes
