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“ We have not erased history; we are becoming part of the city's history by righting the wrong image these monuments represent and crafting a better, more complete future for all our children and for future generations. ”

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It is an affront to our present, and it is a bad prescription for our future. History cannot be changed. It cannot be moved like a statue. What is done is done.

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The Confederacy was on the wrong side of history and humanity. It sought to tear apart our nation and subjugate our fellow Americans to slavery. This is the history we should never forget and one that we should never again put on a pedestal to be revered.

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They were erected purposefully to send a strong message to all who walked in their shadows about who was still in charge in this city.

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Centuries-old wounds are still raw because they never healed right in the first place. Here is the essential truth. We are better together than we are apart.

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