Capitol Commission to discuss Forrest bust in February
A bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest on display in the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville is pictured on Aug. 17, 2017. The State Capitol Commission will debate the bust’s removal Feb. 20. (Mark Humphrey/AP File)
The State Capitol Commission is scheduled for a Feb. 20 meeting, at which time removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the Capitol’s second floor is expected to be debated.
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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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