City of Charleston makes decision on future of John C. Calhoun statue

Calhoun statue may go on display again - just not in Charleston - Charleston City Paper

Five years after voting unanimously to remove the John C. Calhoun memorial from its perch in Marion Square, Charleston City Council has approved a legal settlement that will transfer ownership of the statue to descendants of the 19th century senator and vice president.  The post Calhoun statue may go on display again — just not in Charleston appeared first on Charleston City Paper.

Settlement announced to bring Calhoun monument back on display in Lowcountry

A group that sued the city of Charleston over the 2020 removal of the John C. Calhoun monument says a settlement will return the statue to public display elsewhere in the Lowcountry.

Charleston settles lawsuit over Calhoun statue, agrees to give bronze figure to descendants

City Council approved a settlement in a lawsuit over the removal of a statue of John C. Calhoun from Marion Square. The Calhoun Family Trust must take possession of the bronze figure by September.

City of Charleston makes decision on future of John C. Calhoun statue

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Over five years ago, the John C. Calhoun statue that stood over Charleston's Marion Square was removed. On Tuesday, the City of Charleston announced that the statue must be removed from city limits by its new owners. The statue of the former vice president and statesman, who was an avid defender of slavery, was removed in June 2020 after city council unanimously voted to remove it. First erected on June 27, 1896, it had…

John C. Calhoun: Champion of the Antebellum South

John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) was an American lawyer and statesman, one of the key political figures of the Antebellum Era. Initially a nationalist, Calhoun spent his early career trying to strengthen and modernize the federal government, but by the 1830s, he had become a strong advocate for states' rights and slavery, leading South Carolina into the Nullification Crisis (1832-33). Calhoun served...