Jacksonville Pulls Down Confederate Women Statue in DeSantis’s Florida.

A 98-year-old Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy statue has been pulled from its pedestal in Jacksonville, Florida, with Democrat Mayor Donna Deegan its removal “signal[s] a belief in our shared humanity”. “Symbols matter. They tell the world what we stand for and what we aspire to be,” Deegan said, claiming the statue’s removal was “not in any way an attempt to erase history but to show that we’ve learned from it.” The memorial was removed without reference to the City Council, which rejected a request for $1.3...