BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Baltimore has rejected an offer to put its four Confederate monuments on public view in Southern Maryland, according to emails obtained by The Baltimore Sun. But city officials have not explained why — or announced a permanent home for the statues removed nine years ago and kept mostly in storage ever since.
The emails show that the city ruled out Confederate Memorial Park in St. Mary’s County, whose owners offered to display the monuments to the public for free and to include city-written plaques explaining their controversial history.
The decision leaves unresolved a question that has followed the statues since their removal in 2017: What should Baltimore do with monuments its own commission described as both historical artifacts and propaganda for white supremacy?
“MHT is working collaboratively with the City of Baltimore to identify a path forward for the future disposition of these monuments,” Maryland Historical Trust director Elizabeth Hughes wrote in a one-sentence statement to The Sun.
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