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History is the best troll.
This is Confederate General John Hunt Morgan. In July 2018, the Lexington (KY) city council quietly moved this statue from Main Street in front of the courthouse to here:
Facing the 929 dead US Army soldiers buried in the Lexington Cemetery.
1/23
This is Confederate General John Hunt Morgan. In July 2018, the Lexington (KY) city council quietly moved this statue from Main Street in front of the courthouse to here:
Facing the 929 dead US Army soldiers buried in the Lexington Cemetery.
1/23
I like to think there's some fitting historical context here. Let me explain. 2/23
"A harvest of death" was how Lt Col E. B. Whitman described his grisly and difficult work of bringing back the bodies of Union dead to reinter at then newly created national cemeteries like this one in downtown Lexington. 3/23
