Rockville HDC Approves Confederate Soldier Statue Move by 3-1 Vote

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HDC Chair Rob Achtmeyer voted against the location at the Dec. 17th meeting.

According to Berg, the conditions that go along with the move, include:

  • The Mayor and Council must approve the use of the Beall Dawson Historic Park;
  • The monument must face west;
  • The applicant must return to the HDC for the review of landscaping, illumination and interpretive signage and consider any security related issues as they would pertain to the neighborhood; and
  • The interpretation must be a necessary part of the applicant’s return to the HDC.

Berg said the Confederate Soldier monument is scheduled to be in front of the Rockville Mayor and Council on Feb. 8th.

For more information about the Rockville HDC, visit here. You can also review the background material for the Confederate Solder monument, here.

You may remember that County Executive Ike Leggett announced this past summer that he wanted the monument moved from its current location adjacent to the Red Brick Courthouse in Rockville.

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Sonya Burke is the Multimedia Manager at Montgomery Community Media (MCM). You can email story ideas at sburke@mymcmedia.org or reach her on Twitter @SonyaNBurke.

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