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TexasTowelie

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Mon Sep 4, 2017, 06:16 PM Sep 2017

Travis Park's Confederate Monument in San Antonio Has Been Removed

Ten hours after the San Antonio City Council voted to remove the Confederate monument towering over Travis Park, the stoic soldier topping the looming obelisk was gone. By 4 a.m., the base of the monument and two adjoining cannons had also disappeared.

Police had begun guarding the fenced-off park as the 10-1 council vote came in, shortly before 2 p.m. — but the heavy machinery rolled into downtown San Antonio after nightfall. By 9 p.m, nearly 100 San Antonio Police Department officers gathered in the blocks surrounding the grassy park, prohibiting all vehicle and pedestrian traffic from getting too close.

"We planned for worse-case scenario, we didn't want to wind up like Charlottesville," explained SAPD Chief William McManus. "We want to make sure we're prepared, even if it means being over-prepared."

As news spread that the monument was coming down, supporters (and a few protesters) flocked to the police barricades surrounding the park to watch.

Read more: https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2017/09/01/travis-parks-confederate-monument-has-been-removed

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Travis Park's Confederate Monument in San Antonio Has Been Removed (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2017 OP
Excellent. May the trend continue. (nt) Paladin Sep 2017 #1
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