Mayor Joe Hogsett

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Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe

The grave monument was commissioned in 1912 for Greenlawn Cemetery to commemorate Confederate prisoners of war who died while imprisoned at Camp Morton in Indianapolis. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 4, 2020

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Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe

This morning, I announced that a monument dedicated to Confederate soldiers who died at a prison camp in Indianapolis will be removed from its current location in Garfield Park. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 4, 2020

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Mayor Joe Hogsett @IndyMayorJoe

The grave monument was then relocated to Garfield Park in 1928 following efforts by public officials, active in the KKK, who sought to “make the monument more visible to the public.” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 4, 2020