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Memphis Confederate statues released to Sons of Confederate Veterans and descendants

According to the City of Memphis, the Nathan Bedford Forrest, James T. Mathis, and Jefferson Davis statues have been released to the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Credit: (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz, File)

In this Aug. 18, 2017, file photo, a statue of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest sits in a park in Memphis, Tenn. Relatives of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest are demanding $30 million from the city of Memphis and a nonprofit to move his remains from a Tennessee park and settle a lawsuit over the takedown of a statue of the former Ku Klux Klan leader.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A major development has happened in the Confederate statue controversy in Memphis.

According to the City of Memphis, the Nathan Bedford Forrest, James T. Mathis, and Jefferson Davis statues have been released to the descendants and/or the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

The statues have been the center of controversy for a few years in Memphis.

Both the Jefferson Davis and Nathon Bedford Forrest statues were removed back in 2017 after the Health Sciences Park and Memphis Park were sold to the nonprofit organization Memphis Greenspace Inc. Each park was sold for about $1,000.

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