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It was taken out of the rotunda the next day.The statue was relocated to Davis’ birthplace in western Kentucky.DHS opens investigations into intelligence collection on journalistsAt least 150 hospitalized due to salmonella outbreak in 48 statesCost of Jefferson Davis statue removal at Ky. Capitol cost $225KShow full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2015 file photo, a statue of Jefferson Davis, left, faces a statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Rotunda of the state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. The commission is scheduled to meet Wednesday to review public comments and discuss the matter further.Debate over Confederacy symbols reverberates on Capitol Hill© 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC.Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/08/04/jefferson-davis-statue-ky-capitol/31102113/ 'Shame' written across Robert E. Lee statue in DallasThe largest opposition was among voters who described themselves as very liberal, 63%t of whom want the statue removed compared to 22% who said it should stay.The marble statue of Davis, which has stood in the Capitol since 1936, generated renewed outcry following the murder of nine people at a historical black church in Charleston, S.C. An obelisk memorial, the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site, that evokes the District of Columbia's Washington Monument stands above the cornfields there, 351 feet tall vs. 555 feet.The latest Bluegrass Poll shows that 73% of registered voters favor leaving the statue in the Kentucky Capitol alone while 17% support moving it from the Capitol rotunda and placing it in a museum. FRANKFORT, Ky. (WAVE) - The project to remove the Jefferson Davis statue from the Kentucky State Capitol is costing the state at least $225,000. The statue has “been there for years, and I think it should stay there,” she said.But David Smith, 52, of Lexington, Ky., said the Confederacy lost the war, and that at some point, the country needs to put away negative influences. FRANKFORT, Ky. (WDRB) -- After years of controversy, crews removed a statue of Jefferson Davis from the Kentucky Capitol on Saturday. The killings sparked debate over Confederate symbols throughout the country and last month led to removal of the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s Capitol grounds.In Kentucky, Gov. FRANKFORT Nearly five years after a state panel voted to keep a controversial statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the Kentucky Capitol and …
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Despite a nationwide push to remove Confederate symbols from government property, a large majority of Kentucky voters still want to keep the statue of Jefferson Davis … FRANKFORT, Ky. (WAVE) - The project to remove the Jefferson Davis statue from the Kentucky State Capitol is costing the state at least $225,000.A report by the Lexington Herald-Leader says the contract The five-ton statue of the Confederate U.S. president was installed in the Capitol rotunda in 1936.Its removal was voted on by the Historic Properties Advisory Commission on June 12, with an 11-1 vote sealing its departure from the Capitol. Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP “I don’t understand why they want to change everything that had to do with history.”The Jefferson Davis State Historic site, all 351 feet of it, is located in Fairview, Ky., near the former Confederate president's birthplace.Powers, who lived in Georgia before moving to Frankfort — “a Southerner and proud of it” — argued that the Civil War ended long before anyone living today was even born.
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