Lake County Kirby Smith
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Lake county kirby smith. No democrats filed to run for the seat and. Edmund kirby smith stand at a podium in the chambers of the lake county. Capitol to the lake county historical museum. Slave ships all ran out of the north.
Lake county commissioners retreated tuesday from a pledge to bring the statue of confederate gen. Current lake county commissioner wendy breeden faces former tavares city council member kirby smith in the republican primary for district 3 in august. The general kirby smith statue should be proudly displayed in lake county yankee people have no clue why the south attempted independence. 3 in opposition to incumbent wendy breeden.
A group of concerned citizens led by pastor mike watkins of the friendship cme church in tavares are mounting opposition to lake county accepting the statue of confederate general edmund kirby smith that used to sit in the u s. Edmund kirby smith from the u s. Watkins and other frustrated citizens spoke against the plan to relocate a statue of confederate gen. Grandsons of confederates fought and died to defeat the nazis in world war ii.
And moved to tavares where i currently reside with my wife april of 28 years and our son wade who is grown and currently lives in lake county working with the family business. Lake county historical museum curator bob grenier left and maria kirby smith great granddaughter of confederate gen. Edmund kirby smith is moving to tavares. Northern money would never stop an institution that they personally profited from.
Kirby smith is running for lake county fl county commissioner dist. Today the adl equates confederates with nazis. We interviewed him at the plantations at leesburg fl on july 13 2020. Last year the state legislature voted to replace the statue of the confederate general with a statue of mary mcloed bethune a civil rights leader who was.
Lake county officials voted 4 1 on tuesday against accepting and displaying a nine foot bronze statue of confederate general edmund kirby smith it was a dramatic reversal of a decision made last.