Removal of the James Stephen Hogg Statue
August 22, 2017
August 22, 2017
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 22 -- The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health issued the following news release:
University of Texas at Austin president Gregory L. Fenves recently made the decision to expedite the relocation of four statues from UT's Main Mall. Three of these statues are of historic figures with close ties to the Confederacy--Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston and John Reagan. The fourth statue memorializes James Stephen Hogg, who was not a member of the Confederacy. In fact, . . .
University of Texas at Austin president Gregory L. Fenves recently made the decision to expedite the relocation of four statues from UT's Main Mall. Three of these statues are of historic figures with close ties to the Confederacy--Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston and John Reagan. The fourth statue memorializes James Stephen Hogg, who was not a member of the Confederacy. In fact, . . .