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Body of Nathan Bedford Forrest removed from Memphis park

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Body of Nathan Bedford Forrest removed from Memphis park

Workers have removed the remains of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife from a Tennessee park, officials said Friday, marking another step in the process of moving their bodies out of Memphis and to a museum hundreds of miles away. It is located about 200 miles (320 kilometers) from Memphis. The removal of the remains of the early Ku Klux Klan leader from Memphis, where he served as an alderman and traded slaves before joining…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Independent

Remains of KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest exhumed from Tennessee park

‘We wanted this process to be respectful, to be something that healed divisions,’ Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner says

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Body of Nathan Bedford Forrest removed from Memphis park

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Workers have removed the remains of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife from a Tennessee park, officials said Friday, marking another step in the process of moving their bodies out of Memphis and to…

3 years ago·United States

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USA Today

Remains of early KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest, wife removed from Health Sciences Park in Memphis

The remains of Confederate general, enslaver and early KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest were exhumed and removed from a Memphis park this week.

3 years ago·United States

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Body of Nathan Bedford Forrest removed from Memphis park

Workers have removed the remains of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife from a Tennessee park, marking another step in the process of moving their bodies out of Memphis and to a museum hundreds of miles away

3 years ago·United States

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Washington Times

Early KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest’s remains removed from Memphis park

Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader, has been successfully exhumed from his longtime grave in Memphis, Tennessee, along with the remains of his wife, Mary Forrest.Shelby County officials and a spokesman for the Sons of Confederate Veterans revealed during a press conference Friday ...

3 years ago·United States

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