Motion filed to begin process of moving Forrest remains
Emorie London (right) stands with Benjamin Hampton (center) and Carla Lock (left) at the press conference the morning after the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue was removed from Health Sciences Park. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian file)
No location has been decided on for the re-interment, according to SCV leader Lee Millar. But court documents suggest the remains and equestrian statue of Forrest removed from Health Sciences Park could be bound for a new National Confederate Museum in Columbia, Tn.
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