Memphis, Tennessee, now has two fewer racist monuments in the city. HuffPo reports that two different parks had Confederate statues removed:
Two Confederate statues in Memphis, Tennessee, were removed this week after a months-long battle.
In a unanimous vote, the Memphis’ City Council approved a measure to remove the statues from Health Sciences Park and Memphis Park after a private sale of the parks, per The Commercial Appeal. The council approved the sale to an unknown buyer.
One of the statues was removed in the middle of the night, which didn’t stop spectators from witnessing and celebrating.
The statue of former Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest in Health Sciences Park was removed Wednesday night only hours after the ordinance was signed. A Facebook Live video from WREG Memphis showed crowds gathering in Health Sciences Park, waiting as authorities strapped Forrest’s statue to a construction crane. People cheered as a crew removed the statue from its post and placed it on a flatbed.
Watch the video below.