Relocation Process Starts for Confederate Monument in Edenton

Edenton's Confederate monument moved for second time

EDENTON, N.C. (WAVY) — The Confederate monument that has stood for more than 116 years in the waterfront town is on the move for the second time. Late Saturday night, contractors dismantled the monument from its more-than-60-year home at the end of South Broad Street and sent it to storage, ahead of planned reinstatement at the Veterans Memorial Park, according to Edenton Mayor W. Hackney High. The town had been planning for the relocation for m…

Edenton mayor issues statement on monument removal

EDENTON — Mayor Hackney High has issued a statement on behalf of the Town of Edenton, explaining the town’s actions in removing the Confederate monument from the town’s 1961 Confederate Plaza in preparation for its relocation to a new site…

Confederate statue removed in North Carolina after three years of protests

Local officials in Edenton plan to relocate statue as part of compromise between groups for and againt memorial

Relocation process starts for Confederate monument in Edenton

Edenton and Chowan County residents woke up Sunday morning to the news that the Confederate monument that has been located in the heart of downtown Edenton was moved and placed into storage during its relocation process.We do not want to celebrate the white supremacy that it symbolizes, so it's wonderful that it is gone," said Susan Inglis, a longtime advocate for relocation and an Edenton resident whose family roots in the area go back hundreds…

Confederate statue removed in Edenton, N.C., near OBX for waterfront project

A Confederate monument was taken out in a small North Carolina community in order to make room for a new multi-milion dollar waterfront business project.