Our view: A monumental problem in Marion Square

Two tons of Jim Crow-era trouble came crashing down on Charleston’s Marion Square last week.

That’s when a massive granite marker honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee — crafted in 1947 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and bearing the seal of theConfederate States of America — suddenly materialized without public courtesy notice along the King Street side of the park.

Let’s just sit with that for a moment…

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