Georgia House Votes Down Confederate Monument Preservation Bill

Bill backed by Confederate monument defenders knocked down in the Georgia House

A bill that would allow "any interested person" to sue over an alleged improper removal of a historic monument narrowly failed in the Georgia House of Representatives on Tuesday. Pictured is a statue of John Brown Gordon, a major general in the Confederate Army, that is located on the state Capitol grounds. Jill Nolin/Georgia RecorderA bill backed by neo-Confederates that aimed to protect historic monuments from removal was shot down in a narrow…

Georgia house votes down Confederate monument preservation bill

ATLANTA — The Georgia House narrowly defeated a bill Tuesday that sought to protect Confederate monuments, a proposal that opponents said glorified the South’s defense of slavery in the Civil War.

Confederate monument preservation bill voted down by Georgia House

ATLANTA — The Georgia House narrowly defeated a bill Tuesday that sought to protect Confederate monuments, a proposal that opponents said glorified the South’s defense of slavery in the Civil War. The legislation would have allowed anyone to sue over…

Bill to protect Confederate monuments narrowly fails in Georgia House

The State House avoided passing a measure that would allow anyone to challenge the removal of Confederate monuments on Tuesday.

Bill backed by Confederate monument defenders knocked down in the Georgia House - Now Georgia

(Georgia Recorder) — A bill backed by neo-Confederates that aimed to protect historic monuments from removal was shot down in a narrow House vote Wednesday when a handful of Republicans voted no or abstained from voting. With Georgia’s annual lawmaking session set to end late Thursday night, the bill is likely, but not certainly, dead for the year. Confederate monument on the courthouse grounds in Newnan, Coweta County – taken by Jill Nolin on F…