Confederate statue to be moved from Maryland courthouse...
The Talbot Boys statue, located on the lawn outside the Talbot County Courthouse, commemorates more than 80 soldiers who fought for the Confederacy.
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The Talbot Boys statue, located on the lawn outside the Talbot County Courthouse, commemorates more than 80 soldiers who fought for the Confederacy.
A federal lawsuit was filed Wednesday challenging the continued existence of a Confederate monument on the lawn of the Talbot County courthouse as "unconstitutional and illegal." Filed on behalf of the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, assistant public defender for Talbot County Kisha Petticolas, the Talbot County Branch of the NAACP and branch president Richard Potter, the complaint demands the Talbot Boys statue be "immediately and permanently" removed and that a federal court ban its display on county property. "The so-called 'Talbot Boys' statue — an homage to traitors of th...