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NAACP asks for removal of Bastrop County Confederate monument (TX)
For 105 years a memorial to fallen Confederate soldiers of Bastrop County stood tall in front of the Bastrop County Courthouse, but, if the NAACP in Elgin gets their way, it might not be there much longer."They need to come down and this country needs to understand what it meant to its history," said President of the Austin NAACP Nelson Linder ...
The statue was put up by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Linder said it belongs in a museum, not on public property.
"This is a chance for the country really to understand more about itself. It's okay to make mistakes, we can't change the past, we should understand it though and deny those things that further divide us that cause hurt and pain to decent people," said Linder ...
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/29633171/naacp-asks-for-removal-of-bastrop-county-confederate-monument
