Confederate VP’s Descendants Want Statue Removed From Capitol

A statue of Alexander Hamilton Stephens is on display in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The statue was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Georgia in 1927. Stephens was a dedicated statesman, an effective leader and a powerful orator but he renewed debate about symbols of the … Continued

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Descendants of Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens wrote a letter calling for the removal a statue honoring Stephens in the U.S. Capitol.

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Two brothers, Alexander and Brendan Stephens, shared their open letter to Gov. Nathan Deal and the Georgia General Assembly with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday.