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To: The Tennessee State House, The Tennessee State Senate, and Governor Bill Lee
Remove statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest from Tennessee Capital Bldg
The undersigned persons request that the Tennessee Legislature pass both HB1466 and SB2592 and send a clean bill to the governor that requires the state capitol commission to transfer possession and control of the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest located at the state capitol to the new Tennessee state museum and thus remove the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest immediately from the capital building.
Why is this important?
A statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest is prominently situated in the Tennessee state capital right outside the General Assembly. The statue needs to be removed because: 1. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a successful businessman selling people from Africa who were smuggled and enslaved; 2. Forrest was a traitor to the United States during the Civil War; 3. He was the commander of rebel forces who massacred United State troops at a place called Fort Pillow on April 12, 1864, the majority of which were African American; and 4. Forrest was the first leader of the KKK. Anyone of those above reasons should eliminate him from the capital, but all four are too much to bear. His statue has got to go.