Confederate statue in Bentonville square vandalized again

BENTONVILLE -- Police are investigating vandalism to the Confederate statue on the downtown square.

Gene Page, police spokesman, said the department received a complaint at 10:45 p.m. Saturday. City workers later noticed the bottom of the soldier's rifle missing.

The incident is under investigation, Page said.

Parks and Recreation maintenance staff noticed the damage Wednesday and told Crant Osborne, maintenance supervisor. The missing piece hadn't been recovered by Thursday and there was no cost estimate for the damage, he said.

The statue is made of a granite-type material, he said. It stands in the middle of the square and is surrounded by a circular fountain.

Read more: https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/sep/27/confederate-statue-in-bentonville-squar/
(Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)


The lower part of the soldier’s rifle in this Confederate statue on the Bentonville square is missing after recent vandalism. - Photo by Ben Goff