Confederate Memorabilia to Be Removed from Giles County Jury Deliberation Room - Articles

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Posted by: Kate Prince on Jun 23, 2022

The Tennessee Historical Commission last week ruled that Confederate memorabilia inside a Giles County jury deliberation room could be moved to a Maury County museum, the Tennessean reports. The room came into the spotlight in 2020 when a Black man argued in court filings that his conviction by an all-white jury that deliberated in the room violated his right to a fair trial. He was granted a new trial in December. The Confederate items have long been on loan to Giles County from the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), causing the UDC to take the question of their removal to the Historical Commission. The UDC and Giles County filed a joint petition to move the items to the National Confederate Museum in the Elm Springs mansion outside of Columbia. The petition was approved by the commission on Friday.