(Missourinet) – Historians want to add a historical attraction to a downtown square in southeast Missouri’s Cape Girardeau.
The attraction is a limited-edition bronze statue of James Ivers, a black soldier who fought in the Civil War. Historian Steven Hoffman with Southeast Missouri State University told KFVS-TV the square’s location was a place where slaves were sold hundreds of years ago.
Cape Girardeau’s is in competition with a city in Tennessee to commission the statue of Ivers, a slave who signed up for the Union Army in the town square.
