Confederate Statues Come Down in Memphis
(CNN)Crews worked through the night Wednesday to move two Confederate statues from parks in Memphis, Tennessee, after city officials sold the land to a nonprofit.
The sale enabled the statues’ removal, thanks to a new city law passed to effectuate the process.Crowds gathered outside Health Sciences Park as cranes lifted the equestrian statue of Civil War general and Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest from its pedestal. About 1.5 miles away, a similar operation was underway at the statue of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis in Memphis Park.”Bring it down,” onlookers shouted as the Davis statue was lifted from its base.