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City of Fort Smith, UDC Enter Discussions About Future of Confederate Monument

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Published October 2, 2020 at 2:41 PM CDT
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The Confederate monument, which was put up in 1903, stands near the intersection of 6th Street and Rogers Avenue on the grounds of the Sebastian County courthouse in Fort Smith.
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Fort Smith and Sebastian County government leaders have entered into discussions with the Arkansas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy regarding to the future of a Confederate monument that stands on the grounds of the county courthouse. The conversations started after the UDC announced it would be moving another Confederate monument that had stood on the Bentonville downtown square.

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