NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After more than two decades, the controversial Nathan Bedford Forrest statue along Interstate 65 has been removed. This comes one year after Bill Dorris — the statue owner and the ...
Supporters of Nathan Bedford Forrest gathered Saturday in Health Sciences Park to celebrate the confederate leader's birthday. On Friday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a proclamation declaring July ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A state lawmaker says he is seeking to have the legislature do away with a day honoring Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan member Nathan Bedford Forrest. Democratic ...
Tennessee State Representative GA Hardaway said Govorner Bill Lee should have taken a stand against the Nathan Bedford Forrest Day proclamation. Hardaway told us over the phone from D.C., members of ...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee sent a letter today to members of the Tennessee Historical Commission in support of removing the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the ...
The Crieve Hall property running along Interstate 65 — and on which once stood a controversial and widely mocked statue of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest — has been offered for sale for $1 ...
Nathan Bedford Forrest is by far the most controversial figure in Tennessee history. That's why a statue of him was removed from the hallway of the Tennessee State Capitol, and why his remains were ...
Missouri City homeowners on Bedford Forrest Drive, named after a Confederate general who served as the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, successfully petitioned to change the name of their ...
People of Tennessee, let's talk frankly about Nathan Bedford Forrest. Here's the thing. At best, he was a man of his times — savvy businessman, genius military leader, social club connoisseur and ...
An uneducated farm-boy who became the Civil War’s most brilliant cavalry officer, Nathan Bedford Forrest reportedly had 30 horses shot out from under him. Enlisting as a private in a mounted rifle ...
This story is part of The Confederate Reckoning, a collaborative project of USA TODAY Network newsrooms across the South to critically examine the legacy of the Confederacy and its influence on ...