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CottonBear

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7. Athens, GA had a public meeting regarding the monument downtown.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 08:09 AM

Aug 2017

It's in the middle of Broad Street across from the University of Georgia North Campus and the Arches (historic entrance to North Campus.) It's a stone obelisk with engraved writing on the base.

The thought is to move it to the historic Oconee Hills Cemetery where there is another monument.

Athens, GA is a blue city in a super red part of Georgia.

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Georgia law on Confederate monument removal proves difficult [View all] TexasTowelie Aug 2017 OP

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was thinking the same thing... mdbl Aug 2017 #2

Did Bannon write this article's lead-in? PdxSean Aug 2017 #3

Yep, it is maddening. SunSeeker Aug 2017 #5

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Athens, GA had a public meeting regarding the monument downtown. CottonBear Aug 2017 #7

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The GA GOP split Athens' congressional district in half CottonBear Aug 2017 #9