[4] On the lawn of the courthouse stands a monolith topped by a 1911 statue of a Confederate soldier.

The inscription at the base of the statue reads, “no nation rose so white and fair none fell so pure of crime” in reference to the Southern cause.

[5] In 2020, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the removal of Confederate statues across the United States, Cooke County Commissioners voted to retain the statue outside the courthouse.

[6][7] Protesters advocating against the statue were later sentenced to prison time for "obstructing a highway".

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