Monument Removal Bill Passes Senate

Monument Removal Bill Passes Senate

(Austin)  It would take an act of the Legislature or a supermajority of a municipal governing body to remove or relocate certain monuments deemed “historically significant” under a Senate bill passed Tuesday.  Author and Conroe Senator Brandon Creighton believes that removing or relocating controversial monuments, often those honoring those who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, is burying history rather than facing it.  “We’ve seen a trend across the nation and the world […]