Pensacola's Confederate Monument Will Stay Down - For Now

Pensacola News Journal, Pensacola News Journal
Fri, 08/25/2023 - 2:04pm

An Escambia Circuit Court Judge denied a motion seeking to hold Pensacola in contempt for removing the Confederate monument in 2020.

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