Lawmaker plans to remove Forrest bust; governor noncommittal

By , Daily Memphian Updated: October 25, 2019 6:41 PM CT | Published: October 25, 2019 3:42 PM CT

A Nashville lawmaker is planning a legislative push to remove the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the State Capitol's second floor if the Capitol Commission declines to remove the embattled Confederate general's statue this year.

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Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.


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