Forrest Park in Memphis and the Forrest Hall (MTSU ROTC) are dedications to his namesake. Nathan's great-grandson Nathan Bedford Forest III was a brigadier general in World War II. In 1943, he was ...

Nathan Bedford Forrest Shoaf, who climbed the ranks of legal ... half-brother Eugene R. Anthony III (Frances), nephew Matthew Shoaf (Katie), niece Rachel Shoaf, great niece Julia Claire Shoaf ...

Edward Phillips III, argues the statue standing on a pedestal above the remains of Forrest and his wife that lie in copper caskets was part of the graves’ headstone for over 100 years. A statue of ...

Why was Forrest Gump called Nathan Bedford Forrest? During the American Civil War Nathan Bedford Forrest was a notable Confederate general and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Forrest was ...

Now is the time to rename every single park, school and building named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, and to remove every statue honoring him from any public venue, in America. But if those ...

“Ms. Forrest was born in Georgia and was the pride of her grandfather Nathan Bedford Forrest, who is best known as a Confederate General and a Democrat who was the first Grand Wizard of the Ku ...

On Monday, a group of protesters went down to the Capitol and complained loudly about the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest that sits there. At one point, a protester threw his jacket over Forrest ...

In their desire to cleanse Tennessee of statues of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, Tennessee politicians and Tennessee cities are perhaps unknowingly missing a target of opportunity to ...

KKK leader Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest touted in Miss. Feb 10, 2011 — -- The Mississippi division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans had its first specialty license plate approved in 2002.

A bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general, early Ku Klux Klan leader and slave trader, is expected to be removed from the Tennessee Capitol this week, following decades of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee’s State Building Commission has voted 5-2 to move the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest out of the Capitol building. Gov. Bill Lee also cast a vote for its ...

To this day, 150 years later, you find people parroting this lie. Nathan Bedford Forrest (pictured above) is beautiful. Again, dig those steely eyes, that dead serious countenance, the warrior's ...