Board approves 1 step in moving Ole Miss Confederate statue

JACKSON, MISS. -- A Confederate statue would be moved from a central spot on the University of Mississippi's campus to a less prominent Confederate cemetery, under a proposal approved Friday by a state board.

The cemetery is still on campus, but it's in a place few people walk or drive.

The vote Friday was by Mississippi Department of Archives and History trustees, who said the university's architectural and engineering plans meet U.S. Department of Interior standards for treatment of historical monuments. A separate board that governs Mississippi's eight public universities must also approve the plan to move the monument. That board's next meeting is Jan. 16.

For now, the marble soldier will continue to salute silently from the same prominent site where it has stood since 1906, near the university's white-columned main administration building.

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(Gulfport Sun Herald)