In the summer of 2020, following the police murder of George Floyd, Augusta, Georgia Mayor Hardie Davis created the Task Force on Confederate Monuments, Street Names and Landmarks. The commission was created to study public spaces in the community that honored the Confederacy and Confederate leaders.
At the top of their list was the huge Confederate monu…
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