A meeting involving a number of local residents that was scheduled for Sunday (8/27/17) to discuss the current statues on the local square has been postponed. The meeting was going to be at The Experience Church.
Community Organizer Jason Bennett previously stated...
Some have suggested in recent years the need to remove statues of historic significance, others are in favor of keeping the statues in place as they are indeed historic.
One statue that has been discussed was recently covered with a sheet in front of the Rutherford County Courthouse. The statue in question honors Rutherford County Confederate Soldiers. The monument for those who died was erected in 1901. The historic piece was paid for and erected by the Sons of Confederate Veterans along with the Ladies Memorial Association over 100 years ago.
Again, the meeting to discuss the current statues on the local square has been postponed. A new date has not been set.
Hear more from Bennett (2 MIN and 6 SEC):
Other statues or plaques around the courthouse:
- 1912: A tablet was erected by the Col. Hardy Murfree Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate Murfreesboro's status as former state capitol.
- 1949: Monument to further memorialize the city's status as former state capitol
- Monument to Revolutionary War Gen. Griffith Rutherford
- Monument dedicated to Rutherford County law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty since 1946
- Two plaques in memory of Nathan Bedford Forrest's Raid on Murfreesboro on July 13, 1862
- Memorial to Veterans of Foreign Wars
- Plaque in honor of those who served the Confederacy from Rutherford County
- 2011 Monument by the Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp #33 dedicated to those from Rutherford County who served in the Army of Tennessee
Location of Sunday meeting: Experience Church, 521 Old Salem Rd, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 at 3PM
