Where to move the Jefferson Davis monument in Washington Park is the subject of a Brownsville City Commission public “work session” today at 5:30 p.m. in the City Manager’s Office at 1001 E. Elizabeth St.

Like other Confederate monuments around the South, the plaque set in stone has stirred controversy, defenders arguing for its value in terms of historical heritage and others decrying it as a racist symbol representing an unjust, failed cause that should not be maintained on city property.

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