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The George Davis Monument in Wilmington, NC, a tribute to the fourth Attorney General of the Confederate States

You can remove Confederate statues and still remember history

Veronica Wernicke, Opinion Editor July 3, 2020

When someone does something great, remarkable, wins a battle or sports championship, among other qualifications, we build them a statue. And the U.S. sure does like statues and monuments -- whether we...

Boney Monument

Wilmington quietly takes down two Confederate statues “to protect public safety”

Caitlyn Dark, News Editor July 3, 2020

In the very early morning hours of June 25, construction crews were hard at work doing something many Wilmington citizens had long thought impossible: the removal of the city’s two most visible Confederate...

Confederate statues: should they stay or should they go?

Sean W. Cooper, Staff Writer June 28, 2017

On May 19th, the New Orleans Police Department gathered around a 16-foot, bronze statue of Robert E. Lee, standing on a 60-foot base, as they prepared for the monument to be taken down. This was...

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