Rededication of Confederate Civil War monument in Tennessee draws record crowd
Franklin County, Tenn. — Confederate soldiers marching up South Main Street set the tone for the dedication ceremony Saturday of the new Confederate monument on the lawn of the Franklin County County Courthouse.
The original monument, dedicated in 1910, was destroyed by a pickup truck in 2007. The new replica went into place in June.
A crowd of about 500 people gathered on both sides of South Main Street and East Court Street, filling chairs on the courthouse lawn and spilling onto the sidewalks.
The crowd listened to featured speaker Dr. James I. (Bud) Robertson, a distinguished Civil War professor at Virginia Tech.