A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has been removed from a Dallas park, but controversy surrounding the push to remove other symbols of the Confederacy around the city is far from over.
The Confederate Monument Task Force, implemented by Mayor Mike Rawlings, met Friday to determine how to move forward.
They talked about what to do with the Lee statue, which is now in storage at Hensley Field. There was a motion to ban the display of the statue anywhere within city limits, but the motion failed.
The advisory board also talked about other monuments, street names and artwork in Fair Park.
Ultimately, no final recommendations were made by the group Friday.
Rawlings, in an interview for this week's edition of Lone Star Politics on NBC 5, weighed in on the Confederate symbols at Fair Park.
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"I am kind of a big fan of making sure that Fair Park stays where it is and we don't run murals and freezes that are sculpted into places. Those are a sense of history. That is different than a statue that really honors somebody, and that is why I supported taking that down," Rawlings said.
Protesters plan to rally at Lee Park this weekend, even though the Lee statue is gone.
The organization Texas Freedom Force will gather at 11 a.m. Saturday to protest the statue's removal. The group's president says the removal "makes our battle even bigger."
