Macon mayor rejects plan to build Black Confederate memorial (GA)

Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller turned down a resolution to accept funds for a Black Confederate memorial plaque says he wants community feedback

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Macon-Bibb County commissioners recently OK’d the creation of a Black Confederate memorial, but the move is now at a standstill. Mayor Lester Miller rejected the plan Tuesday during a pre-commission meeting, saying he would “hold off” on discussing the issue again until he receives feedback from the local Black community, NAACP and United Daughters of the Confederacy.

The association for women related to Confederate Civil War veterans offered to fund a plaque honoring Charley Benger, a Black Confederate non-combat soldier who played the fife, or a small flute, for the Macon Volunteers 2nd Battalion in 1812, according to previous reporting by The Telegraph. The memorial would have been built at Soldier’s Square in Rose Hill Cemetery under the county Department of Parks and Recreation. The commission voted 5-3 to accept a donation and…

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