Gwinnett County commissioners vote to move controversial Confederate statue
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to move a controversial Confederate monument in Lawrenceville’s town square into storage.
“Confederate monuments are not just innocent stone and metal. They intentionally glorify, sanitize, and celebrate a dark and shameful past,” said Commissioner Kirkland Carden, who campaigned its removal. “Removing this monument will not remove the Confederacy from history — it will still be taught in academia and studied in our history books — however, it does put a stop to the celebration of America’s most shameful and darkest chapter.”