Battle over Forrest bust ends with removal from Capitol
Workers prepare scaffolding in front of a bust of Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest at the State Capitol, Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Nashville. A decades-long effort to remove the bust from the Tennessee Capitol cleared its final hurdle Thursday, with state leaders approving the final vote needed to allow the statue to be relocated to a museum. (Kimberlee Kruesi/AP)
The Nathan Bedford Forrest bust in the state Capitol will be moved to the Tennessee State Museum.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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