(AP) – A portion of a 38-foot-tall granite monument to the
Confederacy in St. Louis has been removed, but a spokesman for the mayor’s
office says the bulk of the memorial may remain in place for weeks.Cranes arrived Thursday at the 103-year-old monument in Forest Park. Koran
Addo, a spokesman for Mayor Lyda Krewson, says workers are mostly doing
preliminary engineering work toward removal of the monument, but they did remove
the very top of it.
Confederacy in St. Louis has been removed, but a spokesman for the mayor’s
office says the bulk of the memorial may remain in place for weeks.Cranes arrived Thursday at the 103-year-old monument in Forest Park. Koran
Addo, a spokesman for Mayor Lyda Krewson, says workers are mostly doing
preliminary engineering work toward removal of the monument, but they did remove
the very top of it.
It isn’t clear when the rest will come down.
St. Louis is among several cities removing or considering taking down
monuments and statues to the Confederacy. The St. Louis monument has been the
site of several recent protests, and has been spray-painted with messages such
as “Black Lives Matter” and “End Racism.”
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