More signage at the courthouse

Banner hanged from controversial statue, removed about 3 hours later

  • A sign is draped on the Confederate monument at the Putnam County Courthouse on Monday comparing its representation to ideals of the Jim Crow era.
    A sign is draped on the Confederate monument at the Putnam County Courthouse on Monday comparing its representation to ideals of the Jim Crow era.
  • Take ‘Em Down Putnam activist Pete Ackerman holds a sign Monday as he walks toward the Confederate monument at the Putnam County Courthouse in Palatka.
    Take ‘Em Down Putnam activist Pete Ackerman holds a sign Monday as he walks toward the Confederate monument at the Putnam County Courthouse in Palatka.
  • Ackerman gets down from the statue as fellow group member Carol Foil takes a picture.
    Ackerman gets down from the statue as fellow group member Carol Foil takes a picture.
A Crescent City man balanced on the edge of the Confederate statue Monday at the Putnam County Courthouse as he hung a sign on its base. “Here stands Jim Crow. Not for long,” the sign read. …

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