Dallas City Council Delays Decision On Confederate War Memorial, Lee Plinth

Council members want the city manager and landmark commission to weigh in before the council makes a final decision.

By Krystina MartinezApril 26, 2018 7:04 am, , , ,

From KERA:

Dallas City Council remains undecided on what to do with a few existing Confederate landmarks.

In a meeting Wednesday, council members delayed a vote on whether to demolish the Confederate War Memorial at Pioneer Park Cemetery, and whether to remove the base where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee once stood, from Oak Lawn Park.

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