Stone cold monument heats up Council chamber

Parish Council tables removal of Confederate memorial from courthouse grounds

Ruth Andrus, of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, reads a statement from her organization about Confederate memorials at the St. Landry Parish Council meeting on Wednesday in Opelousas. At left is Council member Coby Clavier. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

A stone cold monument to Confederate soldiers on the St. Landry Parish Courthouse grounds managed to raise the heat in a Parish Council meeting. At stake was whether to remove the 18-foot tall memorial and place it in storage, move it to a new location or even sell it. But Council member Coby Clavier opened the discussion at the Wednesday meeting by saying there is no evidence the monument was…

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