Each state is allowed two statues of noteworthy citizens for display in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Congress. States are allowed to replace statues if they so desire. Presently the two Georgia statues are of Crawford Long, inventor of anesthesia, and Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy. We should replace the statue of Stephens. Here are some possibilities: Jimmy Carter, Juliette Gordon Low, Flannery O'Connor, James Brown, Alice Walker, Walt Kelly, Little Richard
Why is this important?
Our state should not be represented by a statue of a hero of the Confederacy. We need to stand for the future and reject symbols of rebels who sought to destroy the union and maintain slavery.
