In the city of Jackson, Mississippi, named after former president Andrew Jackson himself, the cowardly city council has decided to erase history and take down the monument to Andrew Jackson because some people were offended that Jackson owned slaves. I wonder what’s next, are they going to rename the city of Jackson? How about Lyndon Johnson, Mississippi of Woodrow Wilson Mississippi.]
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Ward 1 Councilman Ashby Foote (R) voted to keep the statue in place.
“I’m a big history buff. The whole idea of tearing down historical statues and monuments is generally a bad idea. We need to understand our history, not tear it down,” Foote stated.
Ward 7 Councilwoman Virgi Lindsay said the statue could be relocated to a museum.
Tuesday’s vote comes in the wake of Black Lives Matter protesters vandalizing and tearing down statues of Confederate leaders and even Presidents of the United States. In late June, a man was arrested after the term “Slave Owner” was spray-painted on the base of a Jackson statue.