Baltimore removes 4 statues over night

[BmorePat87]

The city quietly removed four statues last night. One was a Lee and Jackson on horseback statue paid for by a Lee sympathizer in the 1940's. one was a memorial to the women who served the confederacy, paid for by the daughters of confederate soldiers in the early 1900's. The third was a statue dedicated to the soldiers and sailors of the confederacy, paid for by confederate veterans in the early 1900's. The final one was a surprise to me, but I understand why it was removed. It was a statue of Roger Taney, Marylander and Chief Justice who decided against the Missouri Compromise and Dred Scott. As a coworker pointed out to me, they had already renamed an elementary school in a predominantly black neighborhood from Roger Taney ES to Thurgood Marshall ES.