Easton MD Historic District backs removal of Confederate statue
By NATALIE JONES
Oct 15, 2021
The Easton Historic District Commission unanimously voted to approve the removal of the Talbot Boys statue in a meeting Monday evening, Oct. 11 in another chapter in the long and contentious battle over whether the Confederate monument should stay or go.
Following the approval, the commission will issue a certificate of appropriateness to the county — a document that states that the proposed project is appropriate and meets criteria in the local code. Once the certificate is obtained, the Talbot County Council is permitted to begin working on the project and could begin enacting the council’s Sept. 14 administrative resolution to relocate the statue to a private Civil War park in Virginia ...
... attorney Daniel Saunders represented the county council ...
“It is controversial, it is divisive, sadly, and it is hurtful to certain citizens of the county,” Saunders said ...
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