Confederate Park News

An ad hoc committee of the Memphis City Council voted Monday, April 29, on three permanent names to recommend to the City Council for three Confederate themed parks.

The committee charged with renaming three Confederate-themed Memphis parks is wrapping up its work.

One of those bids included executing a contract for the State Highway 317 utility relocation project, which will provide relocation of water and wastewater infrastructure due to the State's project to widen SH 317 from FM 439 north to just south of the Leon River.

The Memphis Commerical Appeal reported Tuesday that the Sons of Confederate Veterans are spurning Memphis in favor of Richardson for their 2016 annual convention.

It was touted to be one of the largest Ku Klux Klan rallies in years, but it actually turned out to be roughly 60 Klan members who gathered at the Shelby County Courthouse in Memphis, Tennessee this past Saturday on Mar.