There’s a Reason the Edenton Monument Deal Got Scrapped
Leader admits SCV disagreement with monument proposal
The leader of the local Sons of Confederate Veterans chapter is acknowledging there’s disagreement among his group’s ranks over Edenton and Chowan County’s proposal to move the town’s Confederate monument to the county courthouse property.
Edenton Town Council and the Chowan Board of Commissioners voted Nov. 25 to enter into a “memorandum of understanding” that transfers ownership of the monument to the county after the town moves it to the courthouse property.
The agreement calls for the move to take place within 30 days of the signing of a consent order by the two groups that sued Edenton in 2023 to block the monument’s movement — the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans — and the lifting of a judge’s temporary restraining order blocking any move of the monument.
The town and county’s memorandum of understanding appeared to suggest that the UDC and the SCV were in agreement with the proposal.
But Mike Dean, commander of the Edenton Bell Battery of the SCV, said he doesn’t know who told Edenton officials the group favors the proposal. He said the SCV’s local membership was never consulted about it.
In the meantime, implementation of the town-county agreement continues to be delayed because the consent order hasn’t been agreed to. County Manager Kevin Howard and Town Manager Corey Gooden both said they couldn’t…