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The final decision on whether to remove the bust of a Confederate general from the Tennessee Capitol won’t come this year.

It was a lonely sendoff for the former state flag of Mississippi outside the Tate County courthouse Wednesday evening.

The process to remove a Confederate statue from its pedestal on the University of Mississippi campus has begun.

Submitted designs cannot include the Confederate battle emblem, and they must have the phrase, “In God We Trust.”

Thursday’s first step toward moving the Confederate general’s bust brought out strong emotions on both sides of the issue.

A panel will meet Thursday to decide whether to recommend that the bust of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest be removed from the state Capitol.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee called on the State Capitol Commission to consider moving the controversial bust of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest from the State Capitol Building to the Tennessee State Museum.

Memphis native and superstar Justin Timberlake has called for the removal of Confederate monuments across the country, including the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest that sits in the Tennessee Capitol.

Mississippians in November will decide whether to change a Jim Crow-era voting provision that critics say suppresses black political power.

Haslam’s event comes two days before the Tennessee Capitol Commission debates what should happen with Forrest bust.

President Trump defended a tweet Monday that criticized NASCAR’s decision to ban the Confederate flag and accused African American race car driver Bubba Wallace of participating in what he called a hox.