Florida representative presses to preserve, restore Confederate monuments

The Center Square Contributor Confederate monuments in Florida could be rising from the dead if a proposed bill makes it through the Legislature this year. The bill of State Rep. Dean Black, R-Jacksonville, would not only outlaw the removal of Confederate monuments and other historical memorials, but also require local governments to replace those that have been removed since 2017.  In Jacksonville, Mayor Donna Deegan recently removed two statues honoring women of the Confederacy, the