Little Rock Takes Down Signs For Confederate Boulevard
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The city of Little Rock has erased
"Confederate Boulevard" from interstate highway signs. Replacing
the signs are exit markers leading motorists to a road that honors
a black community leader.
Confederate Boulevard still runs north from Interstate 440 near
the Little Rock Airport, but signs for Exit One now tout "Springer
Boulevard," which runs south from I-440 and honors Horace
Springer, who lived in the area.
The Confederate Boulevard signs had been the first landmarks
many saw after landing at the city`s airport. They were changed as
Little Rock welcomed presidents, dignitaries and celebrities for
the opening of Bill Clinton`s presidential library.
Mayor Jim Dailey says the Confederate Boulevard signs were
"bothersome" and that the city is continuing to try to -- quote
-- "dispel those things that divide us."
