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The Confederate statue on the McDonough Square was taken down July 28, 2020.

McDONOUGH — The Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans on Sunday announced a boycott of the two crane companies that were contracted to remove Confederate veterans monuments in Henry, Rockdale, DeKalb and Athens-Clarke counties.

Superior Rigging & Erecting Company of Atlanta was hired by DeKalb and Athens-Clarke counties to remove monuments in those counties. Roper & Sons in Covington was contracted to remove the monument in Rockdale and Henry counties and has submitted a bid for removal of the statue on the Covington Square in Newton County.

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Countessofcoin

This is ridiculous. The company was just doing what they were PAID to do. Go after the bozos that started this mess.

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