Notes on an Imagined Plaque

Published: Aug. 29, 2017, 9:47 p.m.

Monuments don\u2019t just appear in the wake of someone\u2019s death \u2014 they are erected for reasons specific to a time and place. In 1905, one such memorial was put up in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, to commemorate Nathan Bedford Forrest, who \u2026 Continue reading \u2192