Possible removal of Civil War monument taken off agenda, but City Council takes comments regardless

  • A Confederate monument in downtown Lake City continues to be a source of controversy. Some want it relocated to either the battlefield where the soldiers it honors were killed or the cemetery where they are buried, while others want it to stay where it is. (STAFF)
    A Confederate monument in downtown Lake City continues to be a source of controversy. Some want it relocated to either the battlefield where the soldiers it honors were killed or the cemetery where they are buried, while others want it to stay where it is. (STAFF)
The debate over Confederate symbols played out during an online Lake City Council meeting Monday, when a proposal to relocate a monument by the downtown county courthouse generated a surge of…

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