Commission rejects move of Confederate statue from park
(AP) — The Tennessee Historical Commission is blocking a plan by Memphis city leaders to move a statue honoring a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader out of the downtown area.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2dVcIM7 ) the commission denied an application to waive criteria for the statue's removal under the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act, which bars removing or disturbing war memorials on public property.