Former Oxford Mayor Richard Howorth owns Square Books, which faces the monument. He texted several supervisors and asked them to relocate the monument because it’s “both the smart and the right thing” to do. Howorth later told the Daily Journal that debate about the monument has lasted too long. “I look at it every single day,” Howorth said of the statue. “I believe the statue also hinders positive strides our town and community at large have made in the area of race relations,” Howell-Atkinson wrote.

Source: Daily Sun August 29, 2020 12:45 UTC