25-01-2018 21:35 via kxan.com

Jefferson Davis monument vandalized in south Austin

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Confederate monument in south Austin was recently vandalized when someone spray-painted a red hammer and sickle, a Communist symbol, on it.
The Jefferson Davis monument, located at 6812 S. Congress Ave., was put up by the Texas Division United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1931.
According to waymarking.com, this monument was one of many put up by the United Daughters of Confederacy on various roads as part of the “Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway.”
Davis was
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