Statue of former Gov. Bilbo moved from Capitol to Two Mississippi Museums.
by Vickie King, Mississippi Today December 16, 2022 A first floor storage room at the state Capitol was opened Friday, and the Art Logistics International moving company crew from Memphis, Tennessee, got to work building a protective scaffolding-like hoist. The protective contraption was constructed to safely lift the statute of former Gov. Theodore Gilmore Bilbo, one of the state’s most notorious racists, onto a forklift and then to a waiting flatbed.
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