Feb 13, 2023
Tennesse State Parks:
Please DO NOT CHANGE the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park
The people listed below are in favor of maintaining the current name/continuing to honor the first grand wizard of the KKK
The people listed below are in favor of maintaining the current name/continuing to honor the first grand wizard of the KKK
LEADERSHIP OPPOSITION
Dale Carr | TNGA House Rep HD12 | OPPOSED Clay Doggett | TNGA House Rep HD70 | OPPOSED Rick Eldridge | TNGA House Rep HD10 | OPPOSED Kelly Keisling | TNGA House Rep HD38 | OPPOSED Terri Lynne Weaver | TNGA House Rep HD40 | OPPOSED |
- Wayne Aday | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park."
- Brian Bailey | Concerned Citizen | FL | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. Maybe we should look at the whole story and not just a little part of it. History is important and should not be hidden."
- Michael Bradley | Historian | TN | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. There is no documentation showing Forrest was leader of the Klan. An investigation by Congress ruled he opposed Klan. If have proof of Acusation [sic], post it or withdraw your comment"
- Dale Carr | Tennessee State Representative HD12
"Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. We need our history." - Concerned Citizen | NC | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. The name should stay as is. These kids are out of control and need to grow up. Stop trying to erase history and stop altering the truth." [Editor's Note: Please review the Proposal. We're trying to add more historical info and clarify the truth.]
- Michael Craig-Grubbs | TN | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. I've seen a lot of people who are not from Tennessee, or the South at all, demanding that Tennesseans change the name of this park. Some have even state they won't visit Tennessee until the name is change. ALl the more reason to leave the name just as it is. Nathan Bedford Forrest certain had his faults, but he was a military genius and remarkable leader, and Tennessee should always honour his memory."
- Clay Doggett | Tennessee State Representative HD70 | TN | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. We need to learn not to repeat history."
- Jonathan Driver | Training Instructor (Police), 2d Lt Commander, Medina Grays, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Master Sergeant, USAF Retired | TX (today) & TN (soon) | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park."
- Rick Eldridge | Tennessee State Representative HD10
"Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. Changing a name doesn't change history. We need to learn not to repeat history." - Dorothy Freeman | NC | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park."
- Jason Flowers | MS - Former TN resident | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. General Forrest was not a member of or leader of the klan. Stop spreading your yankee lies."
- James Karna | Concerned citizen | TN | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park."
- Kelly Keisling | Tennessee State Representative HD38
"Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park." - Jim Leatherman | GA | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. Changing the name of the park isn’t going to change history. How are future generations going to know of our mistakes if we delete history?" [Editor's Note: Please review the Proposal. We're trying to provide some historical info where it is lacking today.]
- Robert W Long | American, Patriot, and Voter | WA | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. It takes a small person to demand the removal of a memorial because you disagree with the person's politics. If you would look back at the actual history of the time, you will see that the war was not fought over slavery, but of taxation and states rights."
- Memphis Republican | Concerned Citizen & black man | TN | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. Erasing History is wrong, no matter how ugly it is. This is how we learn to be better." [Editor's Note: Please review the Proposal. We're trying to add more historical info, not erase it.]
- Terrell W Lykken | TN | "Don't change the name of this park, because of a few uneducated people."
- @merrifike | TN | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. Be truly open minded and leave the name of the park alone. Stick to task at hand... you want to change the name... I don’t want to change it. Also, try reading something outside of the carefully crafted narrative of the Department of Education... that might help you in your knowing. Other than that, please consult rehab."
- Mark Spoon | CONCERNED CITIZEN, fighter to protect freedom of speech and beliefs | KY (today), TN (previously) | "Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. No one has a right to silence another, burn their books, destry their art or remove their culture or history. It's sick to believe anyone has such a right to attack another region's heritage." [Editor's Note: Please review the Proposal. We're trying to provide more historical info.]
- Traci Thompson | Concerned Southern American citizen | TN | "Please DO NOT change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a great American as deserving of honor as any other. Modern presentist, cherry-picked attacks on his character are in no way based in any comprehensive, contextual historical reality. Ahistorical soundbites are being used as weapons to further modern political agendas, publicly assassinate character, discriminate against, vilify, & promote hate against Southern Americans, & justify cultural genocide. This must stop!!" [Editor's Note: Please review the historical marketing info at the bottom of the Proposal page. Let us know if you'd like to see changes. Thank you!]
- Terri Lynne Weaver | Tennessee State Representative HD40
"Please do not change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park."