Public meeting on Civil War statues, marker rescheduled

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A public meeting to hear opinions about the location and presentation of two of Lexington’s Civil War statues and an historic marker, has been rescheduled. The meeting will now be held from 6:00 -8:00 p.m., Monday, Sept. 21.

The meeting concerns two statues – those of Civil War officers John Hunt Morgan and John C. Breckinridge — that have stood near the Main Street Courthouse for more than a century. The panel has also been asked to study a historic marker, which until recently was located next to the Courthouse.  The marker, which notes the history of slave trading near the Courthouse, was recently destroyed by vandals or in an attempted theft.