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TomSlick

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4. Forrest City, Arkansas is - you guessed it - named for Nathan Bedford Forest.

Reply to BigOleDummy (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2020, 09:23 PM

Jun 2020

Forrest City is majority African American - by a lot. No, I don't know why the name has never been changed.

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Some Tennessee lawmakers stop amendment to hide statue of former KKK leader [View all] BigOleDummy Jun 2020 OP

There *were* trees blocking the statue from I65 Lars39 Jun 2020 #1

That monstrosity is a joke Docreed2003 Jun 2020 #2

Isn't that the guy 'Forrest Gump' was named after? Talitha Jun 2020 #3

Forrest City, Arkansas is - you guessed it - named for Nathan Bedford Forest. TomSlick Jun 2020 #4

There is a subdivision... louzke9 Jun 2020 #8

Named for, and largely due to. n/t Igel Jun 2020 #11

hang a sign on it that says traitorous racist rdking647 Jun 2020 #5

They worship this garbage: dalton99a Jun 2020 #6

"GAUDY" is a word.... louzke9 Jun 2020 #7

Piece of crap was my first thought. The owner of PaulRevere08 Jun 2020 #10

Don't waste time planting trees. Bulldoze that sucker down. oasis Jun 2020 #9

OMG it looks like Zoltar from the movie 'Big'. Talitha Jun 2020 #12

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