The ‘Friendliest Small Town In America’ Can’t Agree On Removing Robert E. Lee Monument

The ‘Friendliest Small Town In America’ Can’t Agree On Removing Robert E. Lee Monument

MURRAY, KY – The sun was setting on the courthouse square in the rural college town of Murray, Kentucky, after another sweltering July day. The town bills itself as the “friendliest small town in America,” but recent controversy around the removal of a Confederate monument have complicated that image. The city of Murray had unanimously…