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Council meeting disruptions continue over Liberty cemetery monument
(Courier Tribune) – During the public comment portion of the Monday, Aug. 14 City Council meeting, Liberty Mayor Greg Canuteson again countered comments from the public over the section of a cemetery that contains a Confederate monument.
Block 174 in the Fairview/New Hope Cemetery continues to be a topic of debate during council meetings with the mayor and those in favor of keeping the monument in place at odds and often exchanging heated words. The city is seeking revestment to take legal ownership of the property in the cemetery.
Some of those in favor of keeping the monument contend the property includes human remains that should not be disturbed. City leaders contend the city has records of individuals who are buried in Block 174, but that the revestment case is for a small portion of Block 174, approximately the size of two plots, which does not have a record showing interments.
The legal case has a trial set for Feb. 5, 2024.
City leaders opted to pursue revestment after they said extensive research of available records did not clearly show a line of inherited ownership of the plot and after some in the community requested the Confederate statue be removed. The ownership has been a debated topic in recent years among city leaders and historical groups as some contend the land the monument sits on is a privately-owned cemetery plot while the overall cemetery is owned and operated by the city.
Ralph Cruse, who lives in Richmond but calls Liberty his hometown, started the public comments Monday.
“About four months ago, I learned about the revestment. I want to express my opposition and ask the council to leave that plot alone,” he said.
William B. Fightmaster is his great-grandfather and is buried in that plot…
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