City of Memphis 'jumps the shark'

[DrLeftover]

On July 7 the Memphis City Council voted unanimously to exhume the body of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest from its 110 year resting place and move it to another location.

The body of Forrest’s wife will be exhumed as well.

According to Local Memphis, the council voted to exhume Forrest’s remains from Health Sciences Park on Union Avenue. They plan to sell a statue of Forrest as well–they are thinking of “selling the statue to anyone who wants it.”

Forrest was a businessman who become wealthy in the cotton trade prior to the Civil War. He abandoned that to fight federal forces once the war commenced, eventually becoming a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army. He was known for waging brutal warfare against federal forces in Mississippi and Tennessee.

The Forrest family has made clear that they are “solidly opposed to digging up the graves and moving them any place.” They are opposed to moving the statue as well.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...grave-of-confederate-general-sell-his-statue/

 

[Jazzy]

Here's the real reason they want move the bodies and get rid of the statue:

The Memphis City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to move the remains of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife from Health Sciences Park.

They have been buried in a park on Union Avenue for 110 years.

Council members are also moving ahead with plans to remove the statue of Forrest, even looking at selling the statue to anyone who wants it.

"The Forrest family is solidly opposed to digging up the graves and moving them any place," said Lee Millar with the Son’s Of Confederate Veterans. "The statue just as well. They're opposed to moving the statue too."

There were rumors that the rush was on to move the statue and graves of Forrest and his wife in order to sell the property to the University of Tennessee.

"Has anyone else heard UT is about to do a $500 million expansion and that park is something they want?" asked council member Janis Fullilove.

"When I made this recommendation I had not heard that," replied council member Lowery.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans have not said much about the plan to get rid of the statue and move the graves until now.

"This appears to me to be another knee jerk reaction to that anti-Confederate hysteria. Some people here are trying to get on the bandwagon in erasing Confederate history and its just wrong," Millar said.

This battle is far from over. It will require more votes, approval from the Tennessee Historical Commission and will most likely end up in court.

They need permission from the family to exhume and move the bodies. This will definitely wind up in court and the family will win!

 

[DrLeftover]

The family will lose.

The term that will come into play is "Eminent Domain".

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Pretty smart. With all the crazy people in play to remove anything confederate thy look like heroes among these people and get a 1/2 billion dollar project done.