A monstrous statue of former KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest that stood alongside a highway outside Nashville has finally been demolished, much to the relief of the surrounding community.
Tim Fitzsimons of NBC News reported that “a statue of an early Ku Klux Klan leader and Confederate general that long raised the ire of motorists along Interstate 65 in Tennessee was removed Tuesday, Dec. 7, from the private property where it had sat for decades.”
Accordion to Fitzsimons, Bill Dorris, owner of the land where the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest stood, “died recently and left the property to the Battle of Nashville Trust,” who ultimately decided to have the statue removed.
