UT-Austin will move the Jefferson Davis statue, President Fenves announces on Twitter

[TexasTowelie]

UT Austin President Greg Fenves tweeted Thursday that a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis will move from the campus’ Main Mall to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. (File 2015/Staff Photo)

AUSTIN — The University of Texas at Austin will move the statue honoring Jefferson Davis to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, President Greg Fenves announced on Twitter Thursday morning.

The other four confederate statues will remain in place.

“James Stephen Hogg, Albert Sidney Johnston, and John Reagan had deep ties to Texas,” Fenves wrote in a letter to the UT community. “Robert E. Lee’s complicated legacy to Texas and the nation should not be reduced to his role in the Civil War.”

Fenves said he will consider placing a plaque on the Littlefield Fountain to explain the context behind the four remaining statues.

Read more: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/08/ut-austin-will-move-the-jefferson-davis-statue-president-fenves-announces-on-twitter.html/

[yeoman6987]

1. I heard they are taking a Woodrow wilson statue down too

Not sure if at a school or if it is a government building in Texas. I think we should just start all over with all names of buildings and just review them and rename them if necessary. Take 2 weeks and get it done all across America.

[TexasTowelie]

2. The article mentioned the Woodrow Wilson statue was going to be moved

in order to preserve the symmetry of the fountain area.

[yeoman6987]

3. Thanks! That sounds ok then. At first I thought it was payback

Glad to know it is just to better use of space.