Appeals court sides with Memphis over sale of Confederate monuments
The Nathan Bedford Forrest equestrian monument was removed from its base in Health Sciences Park in December 2017 after the City Council approved selling that park and Memphis Park to a private nonprofit. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian file)
The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled the Sons of Confederate Veterans organization has no case to preserve two Memphis parks and the Confederate monuments removed from them in 2017.
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