(AP) _ A Confederate monument will be removed by Friday from a St. Louis park under a deal between the city and the Missouri Civil War Museum.As part of the agreement announced Monday by the city, the museum will pay for the removal of the 38-foot-tall granite monument and store it until a permanent new site is found for it.
The city says the new location must be a Civil War museum, battlefield or cemetery.
The announcement of the death comes a week after a St. Louis judge issued a temporary injunction that barred the city from removing the monument, pending a July 6 hearing over who owns the structure.
The injunction followed a lawsuit filed against the city by the museum, which claimed ownership of the monument.
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