Leaders of a Georgia city have voted to remove a Confederate monument from a park where it has stood since 1902.
Commissioners in the port city of Brunswick voted 4-1 Wednesday to take the monument out of Hanover Square. Officials had debated what to do about the monument since July, when the initials BLM — for Black Lives Matter — were spray-painted on it during a protest.
Brunswick Mayor Cornell Harvey said the monument will initially be moved into storage. The city commission hasn’t found a new home for it yet.
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