The City Council is considering a proposal to remove the long standing monument to Gen. Sterling Price on Moreau Drive. We respectfully request the council vote to let the monument remain. We make this request for the following reasons:

1. The monument has been standing for 87 years. One cannot make the claim removing the monument is not erasing history when in fact the monument itself is historical.
2. The monument contains no racist language whatsoever. The monument simply reads: Deciding against attack

   the Confederate Army under Gen. Sterling Price turned from Jefferson City October 7, 1864. The marker dedicated April 6, 1933, by Winnie Davis Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy

3. Sterling Price himself was the the Governor of Missouri from 1853 to 1857; thus, Price is intimately connected with the capitol city.
4. The Missouri State Guard over which Sterling Price commanded during the Civil War was formed legally by the authorization of the Missouri General Assembly for the protection of Missouri against violation of the state's sovereignty.
5. The expense of removal can better be applied to more pressing issues, such as police reform.

We hope the respected Mayor and City Council will consider this petition based on the above merits.