Forrest remains removed from Health Sciences Park

By , Daily Memphian Updated: June 12, 2021 10:59 AM CT | Published: June 11, 2021 12:07 PM CT

The announcement of the removal of the remains was made Friday, June 11, in Health Sciences Park, where Forrest and his wife had been reinterred for more than 100 years after originally being buried in Elmwood Cemetery.

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Nathan Bedford Forrest Confederate monuments Health Sciences Park Elmwood Cemetery Memphis Greenspace sons of confederate veterans

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