Group Wants Confederate Monument Removed

[The Straight Story]

Group Wants Confederate Monument Removed
AP

(02/21/06 - GREENVILLE) - A Pitt County citizens' group wants the county commissioners to remove a Confederate memorial from the courthouse grounds, but there's a possibility the request won't be considered.

Confederate soldier was erected in downtown Greenville in 1914. A retired U-S Marine says the monument should stay because it represents a chapter in the nation's history.

One of ten supporters of the plan to remove the memorial calls it a "relic representing slavery" and he questioned why tax dollars were being spent to maintain it.

An East Carolina University history professor recommended building a second monument in honor of black Union soldiers.

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