After 112 years, a statue of a Confederate soldier has been removed from Bentonville’s downtown square. Several onlookers gathered Wednesday morning as a construction crew started to disassemble the sculpture and its base.
The controversial statue was placed on the Bentonville square in 1908 and was mistakenly considered by some as a statue of former Arkansas Gov. James Berry, who took office in 1882. The statue is not of Berry, but is a common statue that is seen in many city squares and on courthouse lawns in the South. Berry helped pay for the statue, and a small plaque upon it in his honor following his death in 1913.
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Confederate Statue Removed From Downtown Square In Bentonville
After 112 years, a statue of a Confederate soldier has been removed from Bentonville's downtown square. Several onlookers gathered Wednesday morning as a construction crew started to disassemble the sculpture and its base. The controversial statue was placed on the Bentonville square in 1908 and was mistakenly considered by some as a statue of former Arkansas Gov.