In June 2020, the United Daughters of the Confederacy wrote in an official letter that the Confederate Monument belonged to the City of Florence. In other words, the city was the recipient in 1903. Then the following August an attorney appeared who stated it was all a mistake. Basically, the UDC still owns the monument..and it has no intention of allowing it to be moved.
Now we think the city might have problems with this "Indian Giving" two months later; however, it does get Florence off the hook of responsibility. We do wonder if the UDC will reimburse the city for the preparations that were made in the city cemetery to display the monument.
The letter:
Somehow we're reminded of how an attorney will go broke if he's the only one in town, but make a fortune if he's one of two.
