Confederate Flags Removed From Nashville Property Which Once Displayed Statue Of Confederate General
(This has been a dream of those libtards around Nashville for quite a long time. Mission accomplished dumba__es. More will go up where you can do nothing about them - DD)
Thirteen flags have been removed from a property in Nashville where a controversial statue of a Confederate General was taken down almost three years ago.
Along I-65 in Crieve Hall, where the statue of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest once stood, the flags served as a reminder of both the Confederacy and the Battle of Nashville.
The 3.59-acre property, once owned by the late William “Bill” Dorris who died four years ago, was sold in April 2023 to an LLC affiliated with local business owner Philip Lindsley. Dorris willed most of the property to the Battle of Nashville Trust (BONT) with the stipulation that Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), a nonprofit organization, take charge of the flags and their poles via a deed lasting 99 years. An easement continues to give SCV access to the flags.
Although the intent for the display was to include the seven Confederate flags that have been flying for decades, the trustee for BONT was tasked with reaching a compromise between the two nonprofits. It was decided that the United States flag and current-day state flags, both Confederate and Union, that participated in the December 1864 battle was a more site-appropriate display and these have now replaced the Confederate flags.
Anyone traveling that stretch of the interstate regularly between 1998 and 2021 when the statue was removed the year after Dorris died, is familiar with the 25-foot fiberglass tribute to…