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Resident urges county action on Confederate monument; commissioners say monument is not county property
Summary
At the Hart County Board of Commissioners meeting June 24, resident Ty Thompson urged the county to act to replace a Confederate monument; commissioners responded that the monument is owned by a private organization and the county cannot force action.
A Hart County resident urged commissioners on June 24 to press for replacement of a Confederate monument removed from the county square a decade ago, and to take a stronger role honoring Confederate soldiers he said are interred in the county.
Ty Thompson, who identified himself as a Hart County resident, delivered an extended public comment asking the board to compel or otherwise work with local groups to reinstall a Confederate monument. "I love the veterans of this county," Thompson said. He told the board he had documented "191 souls" who he said were Confederate veterans and said he had asked commissioners eight months earlier to press the local…
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