HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Allendale Township’s controversial Civil War statue has been vandalized twice this month and Rep. Luke Meerman, a Coopersville Republican who represents Allendale Township residents, among others, issued a statement saying the installation should be part of a larger conversation.
The statue sits in the township’s Garden of Honor. Meerman told WHTC last year he supports the statue staying in place, a statement he reiterated this week to Fox 17 News. Last year, he told WHTC he supports keeping the statue where it now stands.
He went on to suggest removing the statue is a way of erasing history — but he encouraged continued conversation. Meerman said he supports creating a special committee to decide whether the statue stays or goes.
Either way, he said, destruction of property is inexcusable.
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