Edenton Monument Stays for Now (NC)
Despite outcry from the usual suspects, NC town’s Confederate monument is staying put for the moment.
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After a secret agreement to relocate a controversial Confederate monument fell through, the Edenton Town Council and Chowan County are back to the drawing board.
This time, though, it’s in the public eye.
Even so, the five residents who sued over their right to have a say in the monument’s fate aren’t satisfied with the town’s attempt at transparency, their attorney told Carolina Public Press.
According to a lawsuit filed in January by the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, the Edenton Town Council broke open meetings law when it quietly negotiated a deal with Chowan County and several neo-Confederate groups to transfer ownership of the monument to the county and relocate it to the courthouse.
As a part of that deal, three neo-Confederate groups agreed to settle a separate lawsuit they filed against the town that has prevented the monument’s relocation since 2022. They have since backed out, and that lawsuit is still pending with a hearing scheduled for April.
Arguments over the fate of the monument, which was first erected in 1909, have been ongoing since Edenton first considered relocating it in 2020.
Although estimates can vary, it’s believed that North Carolina has at least 40 Confederate monuments in front of courthouses and roughly 170 such symbols statewide.
Usually, efforts in towns and cities to get them removed or relocated don’t come without a fight. And invariably, those disagreements often…
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