The Robert E. Lee statue on Murray’s Court Square faces a downtown mural bearing the Convention and Visitors Bureau slogan “Feels Like Home.” Beyond the mural lies the historically Black Douglass neighborhood, where the Douglass School stood before it was razed following desegregation of the Murray Independent School District.
JESSICA PAINE/The Murray Sentinel
This section begins with a collection of correspondence to various Calloway County government officials as well as remarks made before the Calloway County Fiscal Court in 2020, which The Sentinel obtained from County Judge-Executive Kenny Imes' office.
From June 5, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2021, the Murray Ledger & Times printed 50 "Letters to the Editor" related to Murray's Confederate monument. Those 50 letters were written by 38 different people; and of those individuals, 22 were in favor of relocating the monument, 11 wrote in support of it remaining in its present location and five did not take a clear stance on either side. The entries below were curated to provide an overview of the sentiments expressed.
The following "Letters to the Editor" were submitted to and printed by the Murray Ledger & Times; they have not been edited and are presented as they were printed on the dates listed with each entry.
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