A petition has been launched to replace confederate monuments in Tennessee with statues of Dolly Parton.
Alex Parsons created the petition which read, “Tennessee is littered with statues memorializing Confederate officers. History should not be forgotten, but we need not glamorize those who do not deserve our praise. Instead, let us honor a true Tennessee hero, Dolly Parton.”
Parsons goes on to say that Dolly, “has given more to this country and this state than those confederate officers could ever have hoped to take away.” Parsons ended his request with “Let’s replace the statues of men who sought to tear this country apart with a monument to the woman who has worked her entire life to bring us closer together.”
Should monuments be replaced with cultural figures?
