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Wooden box placed around Confederate monument in Cape Girardeau

Ben Matthews
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

A handful of bystanders and pedestrians stopped to watch a crew of construction workers as they erected a wooden box around a Confederate States of America monument in Ivers Square on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. Members of Cape Girardeau City Council voted 6-1 in favor of a motion for “the immediate removal to storage” of the 14-1/2 foot tall white slab marker.

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    David Langely, center, records video as a group of bystanders watch construction workers erect a wooden box around a Confederate States of America monument in Ivers Square on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Construction workers measure the base of a Confederate States of America monument in Ivers Square on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Construction workers nail together sides of a wooden box surrounding a Confederate States of America monument in Ivers Square on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Three sides of a wooden box surround a Confederate States of America monument in Ivers Square as construction workers prepare to nail the final piece of wood in place Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Construction workers erect a wooden box around a Confederate States of America monument in Ivers Square on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    David Langely, right, records video footage of construction workers erecting a wooden box around a Confederate States of America monument in Ivers Square on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Construction workers nail down the final piece of a wooden box surrounding a Confederate States of America monument in Ivers Square on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    A placard detailing historical information about the various Civil War monuments in Ivers Square is seen through a fence as construction workers erect a wooden box around a Confederate States of America monument Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)