Opinion: St. Louis Wants To Pretend Racism Didn’t/Doesn’t Exist
In Sunday’s non-scientific poll more than half of those who voted felt the city wasn’t the owner of the Confederate monument even though it had been in Forest Park since 1914.
Q: Agree or disagree: The Confederate Monument, placed in Forest Park in 1914, is the property of the City of St. Louis.
- Strongly agree 5 [19.23%]
- Agree 2 [7.69%]
- Somewhat agree 1 [3.85%]
- Neither agree or disagree 0 [0%]
- Somewhat disagree 5 [19.23%]
- Disagree 5 [19.23%]
- Strongly disagree 5 [19.23%]
- Unsure/No Answer 3 [11.54%]
Last week the Missouri Civil War Museum had sued the City of St. Louis to be able to remove the monument, claiming the now-defunct b
In a settlement between St. Louis and the Missouri Civil War Museum, the museum agrees to remove the massive marker by the end of the day Friday — and perhaps much more quickly. Workers began rapidly deconstructing the monument Monday, shortly after the settlement was announced.
The museum will foot the bill for the move, and agreed to store the monument until a permanent new location is found for it. That permanent location must be at a Civil War museum, battlefield or cemetery, the agreement says.
The museum also agrees not to display the monument in the city of St. Louis or St. Louis County. (Post-Dispatch)
So not only are we working hard to forget our ugly history, this will never be on display again in the city or county? Awful.
— Steve Patterson