The obelisk, which marks the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, is the tallest unreinforced concrete structure in the world.
to pull Davis from that prominent spot in the Capitol and the palettes would be laid to remove him Saturday morning.How a technicality finally brought down the Castleman statue
"There are people who generally care about unity and positivity, but there are a lot of people that are hanging on to these antebellum ideas," he told me.'It's part of our history' Inside, Darlene Groves, who owns the Something Special boutique, was gift-wrapping a package with a yellow bow. My eyes followed the merchandise up a grand staircase and landed on the shop's bright pink tin ceiling.
"This is a very calm place; it's like a little Mayberry," she told me. The area is mostly made up of farmers, the Amish community and teachers. More than 15 people had brought it up in his shop that morning, including two women who gabbed about it for two hours. A couple of customers browsing the shelves nodded in agreement.He placed a quick phone call and in about three minutes, Carolyn Wells, a retired high school English teacher, appeared in the store sporting a T-shirt featuring the town's courthouse.
Wells pulled a copy of a coffee table book from Historic Todd County Inc. from the shelves. Its pages outline a variety of local icons, including some with diverse backgrounds, in the tiny county of 12,000 people.
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