Understand SC

The Calhoun monument and its legacy


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After more than 17 hours of sawing, slicing and tethering, the 12-foot-tall statue of John C. Calhoun that's towered over Marion Square for more than a century came down on Wednesday. This week, we dig into how City Council got to its unanimous vote to remove the monument, what the statue symbolized when it was constructed more than a century ago, and why one of our guests says the city was creating new history, not erasing it.
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Understand SCBy The Post and Courier

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