- Oct 20, 2013
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In a 4-3 vote, commissioners in Hillsborough County, Florida voted to keep 2 statues of Confederate soldiers and a large monument. This display, located outside of the Hillsborough County courthouse, has been standing since 1911.
They will stand for years more now, on that public land. Hearings were previously held in Tampa, with speakers from both sides of the issue having their say. In the end, most commissioners felt that the statues were more honoring the soldiers, than the Confederacy, or any political policy.
They thought it was too disrespectful to those dead soldiers who gave up their lives in battle, to dishonor them, by removing their statues. They were right.
They will stand for years more now, on that public land. Hearings were previously held in Tampa, with speakers from both sides of the issue having their say. In the end, most commissioners felt that the statues were more honoring the soldiers, than the Confederacy, or any political policy.
They thought it was too disrespectful to those dead soldiers who gave up their lives in battle, to dishonor them, by removing their statues. They were right.