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Letter: Removing monuments merely used a tool to force an agenda
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Gainesville resident Dwayne Lee, left, and Antonio Champion, center, have a discussion Aug. 19 during a protest about the Confederate monument in downtown Gainesville. - photo by David Barnes
In his recent letter, Doug Henry suggests the Confederate soldier monument on the Gainesville square is a symbol of white supremacy and racial hatred. He seems to think he and a shrill minority can dictate to us whose service and sacrifice we are allowed to honor as a community. That’s malarkey.