Dec 07, 2021 · Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue America's ugliest and possibly least-loved statue -- of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest -- was taken down on December 7, 2021. Erected by property owner Bill Dorris in 1998, its prominent spot on private land adjacent to I-65, just south of Nashville, guaranteed an audience of millions.
Dec 08, 2021 · A statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate Army general and the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, is splattered with pink paint in Nashville, Tenn., on Dec. 28, 2017.
Dec 08, 2021 · The contentious Nathan Bedford Forrest statue that stood along Interstate 65 in Nashville for more than two decades came down Tuesday.. The move comes just over a year after the owner of the statue died. Bill Dorris died in November 2020.. The statue of Forrest, located on private property alongside I-65 south of downtown, portrays the early Ku Klux Klan leader and …
Dec 07, 2021 · The contentious Nathan Bedford Forrest statue that stood along Interstate 65 in Nashville for more than two decades came down Tuesday. The move comes just over a year after the owner of the statue ...
The entire thing stands on a strip of privately held land right next to Interstate 65 in Nashville, TN.
Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Confederate general, slave trader, and a big honcho with the early KKK. The statue, erected in 1998, has been defaced repeatedly. Its owner went blind and died in Nov. 2020, but set up a trust to maintain the statue for years to come.