The cannon's been on display in Decatur Square since the United Daughters of the Confederacy put it there in 1906.
governing DeKalb County, Georgia, voted unanimously Tuesday to remove a monument activists have dubbed the"genocide cannon," which was the site of protests Monday over its claimed ties to the Indian War of 1836.... [+]The cannon has been in Decatur Square in Decatur—a suburb east of Atlanta—since the United Daughters of the Confederacy placed it there in 1906.
An engraving on the monument claims the cannon is a relic of"the Indian War of 1836,” in which federal troops and militias put down an uprising of the Muscogee people—also known as the Creek—during a time of forced removal via the Trail of Tears. It's unclear if the cannon was even used in the conflict or if it was even legally placed in the square back in 1906, according toThe cannon has to be removed in the next 90 days, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the county plans to ask for its"rightful owners" to obtain it.its removal on Monday—a day many states and localities recognized as Indigenous Peoples Day.
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