THIS MONUMENT HAS A LOOMED OVER THE LIBERTY COMMUNITY. FOR A LONG TIME FOR 116 YEARS A NAMELESS CONFEDERATE SOLDIER HIS DARED EAST OVER LIBERTY’S FAIRVIEW CEMETERY. THE EAST WAS A PREDOMINANT ...

LIBERTY, Mo. — Change is in the air. A Clay County cemetery, home to a Civil War era statue that represents pride to some and prejudice to others, has become the epicenter of controversy. The statue, ...

LIBERTY, Mo. — There’s no middle ground on what a century-old and un-named Confederate monument means to some people living in Liberty. “He is for impoverished Civil War veterans. That’s what he was ...