by William Henry Whitlow
The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) dropped its lawsuit against Memphis Greenspace, the fictitious corporation created in coordination with the Memphis City Council as a means to circumvent a Tennessee state law which prohibits localities from removing monuments from public property without the permission of the state legislature in Nashville. In so doing, the ghouls of the Left are currently in the process of exhuming the bodies of Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife. The SCV will then reinter them at the Confederate Museum in Columbia, Tennessee, about a half an hour from where Forrest was born.
Relocation costs will be paid by Memphis Greenspace.
The Tennessee Historical Commission was notified of the reinternment, in accordance with state statutes.
Descendants, about five family members in Forrest s and Mary Ann Montgomery Forrest s lineage, have been seeking a final resting spot for Forrest s remains for a few years.
Because no known person has a right or easement to the burial ground, which is now a park, the Shelby County court has jurisdiction in relocating the graves. The November court order also terminates the use of Health Sciences Park as a burial ground.
The descendants named in the suit and Memphis Greenspace agreed to relocate the remains to Columbia in a previous May settlement.