Opinion | As Confederate statues come down all across the country, Collierville will keep Confederate marker in the city’s town square | Otis Sanford The granite marker identifies the site as Confederate Park, but town leaders took care of that in 2017 by officially naming it Town Square Park. Author: Otis Sanford (Local 24) Published: 4:49 PM CDT July 20, 2021 Updated: 6:14 PM CDT July 20, 2021 COLLIERVILLE, Tennessee — There appears to be no appetite at all among government leaders in Collierville for removing a Confederate monument that some view as offensive and others see as historic. Every so often, opponents complain about the marker in the publicly-owned town square.