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Groundbreaking Planned on Private Park in Bentonville for Relocated Confederate Monument

By Jacqueline Froelich
Published February 28, 2022 at 3:49 PM CST
The Confederate soldier monument that honors Arkansan James H. Berry was erected on the Bentonville square in 1908. It was removed September 2020 and placed into storage.
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The Confederate soldier monument that honors Arkansan James H. Berry was erected on the Bentonville square in 1908. It was removed September 2020 and placed into storage.

A Civil War Confederate monument commemorating James H. Berry removed in September 2020 from the Bentonville town square after months of civil rights protests will be re-erected for public display on a private park in Bentonville. A groundbreaking is scheduled this month.

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Jacqueline Froelich
Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for <i>Ozarks at Large.</i>
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