The city of Lexington this week used private funds to remove two Confederate statues that had stood downtown for more than 130 years, and private donations will also pay for the monuments’ upkeep in the cemetery where they’re set to reside.
A Tuesday opinion by Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear allowed the city to begin removing the statues of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and John Breckinridge, a former U.S. Vice President and the last Confederate Secretary of War.
A small, “peaceful” crowd gathered to cheer on the removal of the statues, officials said, though others protested as the monuments were plucked from their bases by large cranes.
Previously, city officials had said the board of the Kentucky Military Heritage Commission had to approve the statues’ removal. However, Beshear’s opinion stated the commission doesn’t have jurisdiction over them. – READ MORE
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