The former site of a Confederate ... and former congressman John Lewis. Crews lowered the statue of Lewis in downtown Decatur, Ga., about five miles east of central Atlanta, on Friday, according ...

It was erected in 1873 by the the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association. The Confederate ... that a statue to the late Rep. John Lewis would be erected in the spot where the obelisk stood.

A crowd was on hand at a city park in Georgia Saturday to witness the unveiling of a large bronze statue ... congressman John Lewis that stands in the same spot as a contentious Confederate ...