MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. says he thinks a statue of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest should be removed from a city park.
In an emailed statement to The Associated Press late Wednesday, Wharton said he would like to see the statue removed from Health Sciences Park and “returned to Forrest Monument Association that had it placed there.” Wharton said the graves of Forrest and his wife, which are in the park, should be relocated to Elmwood Cemetery.
Health Sciences Park was called Forrest Park until the City Council voted in February 2013 to change the name. It also changed the names of Confederate Park and Jefferson Davis Park.
It was not immediately clear whether the City Council will consider moving the statue.
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