Ole Miss leader sorry for how relocation of Confederate statue handled
JACKSON — The University of Mississippi chancellor apologized Friday for how he handled the relocation of a Confederate monument that has been a divisive symbol on the Oxford campus, including plans that critics said could create a shrine to Old South.
Workers moved the monument Tuesday from a prominent spot near the university's main administrative building to a Civil War cemetery in a remote corner of the campus.
A proposal released last month showed headstones being added to unmarked graves of Confederate soldiers, which surprised students and faculty who wanted the statue moved but not turned into an attraction.
Chancellor Glenn Boyce said Tuesday that headstones won't be erected because a recent survey with ground-penetrating radar showed that bodies are buried close to the surface.
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