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The Bastrop County Commissioners Court on Monday approved a new location to house a pair of Confederate monuments that sit on the courthouse's grounds after a months-long process to find the obelisk and headstone a new home. The Commissioners Court approved the relocation by a 3-2 vote, with commissioners Donna Snowden and Mark Meuth dissenting. The monuments — an obelisk erected in 1910 by a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and a granite headstone erected in 1964 by the state of Texas commemorating Joseph D. Sayers, a major in the Confederate army and Texas’ 2...
The latest fundraising endeavor from the Bastrop County Monument Relocation Committee to generate the money needed to remove and relocate a pair of Confederate monuments on the grounds of the Bastrop County Courthouse will feature one of country music’s biggest acts. The 13-time Grammy-winning Texas band The Chicks will be one of several local and national music acts performing during a live-streamed, virtual concert to raise funds to support the committee’s efforts. The online concert, known as the “Move Forward Virtual Music Fest,” will take place at 6:30 p.m. Monday and will be str...
The months-long process to remove and relocate two Confederate monuments from the Bastrop County Courthouse lawn reached a milestone Monday when representatives from the group tasked with finding a new home for the statues recommended several options to commissioners. Sharah Johnson and Cheryl Lee, co-chairs of the county’s Monument Relocation Committee, also updated the Commissioners Court on the group's fundraising efforts and bids it received from contractors to remove and relocate the monuments. The Commissioners Court now has recommendations to deliberate and proceed with the pro...