A podcast investigation about a rebel statue in Kentucky’s Bluegrass. His belt buckle is Confederate, but he wears a Union uniform. Is he a monument to heroism? Or a symbol of treason and racism? Rebel on Main chronicles this statue’s bizarre biography—and the haunting story of the community that now decides its fate.
Publisher
David Swartz
Category
history · religion & spirituality · society & culture
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10 Feb 2025
Change Is Gonna Come
Jenna’s petition stalls. Blue Lives Matter outpaces Black Lives Matter. But in 2023 a new surge of activism reignites the controversy. What will happen to Jessamine County’s Confederate statue? And what does the statue’s fate reveal about the soul of my divided southern community?
3 Feb 2025
A Confederate from Canada
I learn that my neighbor, a transplant from Canada, is leveraging the statue in an effort to sweep local Republican candidates to victory.
27 Jan 2025
A Rival Monument
With the clock ticking, a local archaeologist unearths a long-buried narrative that threatens to destabilize the statue’s foundations.
20 Jan 2025
Jenna's Petition
A sixteen-year-old homeschooler teams up with an interracial coalition of pastors. Local authorities feel the pressure.
13 Jan 2025
Ghosts of Jessamine
A woman makes a horrifying discovery buried in her backyard. A Black preacher reckons with his grandfather’s story of a lynching.
6 Jan 2025
Defending History
A local citizen defends the statue with a gun on his hip. David investigates the bizarre origins of the statue’s rebel identity.
6 Jan 2025
Hidden Secrets
A Black Lives Matter protest in 2020 sparks a campaign to destroy Jessamine County’s Confederate statue. David tells the story of a profoundly disturbing secret hidden in the county’s past.
17 Dec 2024
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It’s a Civil War statue unlike any other—one with a rebel belt and a Union hat. Join historian David Swartz on a podcast investigation of his hometown Confederate statue that stands on Main Street in Jessamine County, Kentucky.
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