McDONOUGH — Legal efforts in response to the removal of or plans to remove Confederate monuments continue in Henry and Newton counties.
Georgia Minutemen LLC, based in Henry County, reported that it has filed suit against Henry County officials who voted to remove the Confederate statue from the McDonough square. The commissioners — Dee Clemmons, Vivien Thomas, Bruce Holmes and Chair June Wood — are named individually in the lawsuit, along with County Manager Cheri Hobson-Mathews.
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