Opponents of a Confederate statue outside the Historic Courthouse in downtown Pittsboro say they want to see it removed.
In response to a rumored protest at the courthouse before Monday’s Chatham County Board of Commissioners meeting, deputies placed barriers around the “Our Confederate Heroes” statue, according to the Chatham News + Record.
The statue was erected in 1907 during the height of the Jim Crow era. It was a gift from the Daughters of the Confederacy and is inscribed “TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF CHATHAM COUNTY / OUR CONFEDERATE HEROES.”
North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Walter Clark spoke at the statue’s dedication, according to NCpedia.
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Confederate statues in Durham and Chapel Hill were toppled in the past two years after numerous protests. A statue of Robert E. Lee at Duke Chapel on the university campus was damaged by vandals and subsequently removed from its alcove by the school in 2017. A statue in Winston-Salem was removed by the city last week.
Monday’s Chatham County commissioners meeting begins at 6 p.m.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article228083204.html
2019-03-18 18:30:00Z
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