CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The mayor of a major South Carolina city is calling for an African-American monument and new plaques to be erected there.
Local news outlets report Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg asked the city’s Historic Commission on Wednesday to consider adding a number of revised historical markers as well as some new monuments across the city in order to create a more balanced narrative of Confederate-related history. Among Tecklenburg’s ideas is a proposal to erect a monument to African-American Union soldiers at one of the city parks.
Commission Chairman Harlan Greene says the group has accepted Tecklenburg’s challenge to “tell a better message” with the city’s markers and memorials.
The commission decided to defer discussion. Tecklenburg said after the meeting that he felt the group was “receptive” to his ideas.
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