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Jenna’s petition stalls. Blue Lives Matter outpaces Black Lives Matter. But in 2023 a new surge of activism reignites the controversy. What will happen to Jessamine County’s Confederate statue? And what does the statue’s fate reveal about the soul of my divided southern community?
A Black Lives Matter protest in 2020 sparks a campaign to destroy Jessamine County’s Confederate statue. David tells the story of a profoundly disturbing secret hidden in the county’s past.
It’s a Civil War statue unlike any other—one with a rebel belt and a Union hat. Join historian David Swartz on a podcast investigation of his hometown Confederate statue that stands on Main Street in Jessamine County, Kentucky.