In this series – “A Community Divided” – we are taking a multi-faceted approach to telling the stories of controversy that surround the Confederate monument that stands on the lawn of the Calloway County Courthouse, predominantly focusing on the events that occurred in 2020 when a group of residents organized, to collectively call for the removal of the monument, which, in turn, prompted another group of residents to defend the monument’s placement.
The ensuing conflict, which made national headlines, pitted “neighbor against neighbor” across Calloway County, notably echoing the sentiments that divided the country over 150 years ago during the Civil War, particularly in border states like Kentucky.
On Jan. 15, there will be a screening at Murray State University’s Wrather West Kentucky Museum of a documentary film about the conflict called “Ghosts of a Lost Cause.”
The Sentinel did not exist at the time to contribute our objective, analytical style of journalism to the conversation. We would like to take that opportunity now, in the lead-up to the screening. Join us as we take a “deep dive” into the controversy that thrusted our community into the national spotlight four years ago.
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