IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE submitting to the qualified voters of Jackson County, at the general election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, a question authorizing Jackson County to remove the statues of Andrew Jackson at the Jackson County Courthouse located in Kansas City and the Historic Truman Courthouse located in Independence.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5374, July 13, 2020
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Cass Galvin, Dan Tarwater III, Scott Burnett, Tony Miller, Charlie Franklin, and Jeanie Lauer, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, on December 16, 1826, Jackson County, Missouri was organized and named after Andrew Jackson, who would later become the seventh president of the United States; and,
WHEREAS, while serving as presiding judge of Jackson County, President Harry S Truman was instrumental in the approval by the voters of Jackson County of a bond issue for the construction of the Downtown Kansas City Courthouse; and,
WHEREAS, using bond funds, then Judge Harry S Truman commissioned the equestrian statue of President Andrew Jackson from sculptor Charles Keck, which was unveiled in front of the newly constructed courthouse on December 27, 1934; and,
WHEREAS, Charles Keck created a smaller, identical equestrian statue that he gifted to President Truman; and,
WHEREAS, on December 26, 1949, President Truman in turn, gifted that statue to the people of Jackson County, to be displayed at the Historic Truman Courthouse located in Independence, Missouri; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 20337, dated December 16, 2019, the County Legislature approved language to be included on plaques to be affixed to the statues of Andrew Jackson located in Kansas City and Independence, to acknowledge aspects of the history of Andrew Jackson's life which includes evidence of his support of the institution of slavery and the Indian Removal Act; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follo...
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