Confederate statue that residents protested every weekend for 3 years is removed in North Carolina [View all]

Source: The Independent

Monday 01 September 2025 22:36 BST


A historic and picturesque town in North Carolina has removed a Confederate statue from its downtown after long-running weekly protests against it. The bronze figure of a soldier was carefully removed from its stone base on the waterfront of Edenton just after midnight on Sunday morning and placed into storage at the county jail. It is set to be relocated to outside the Chown County Courthouse.

The removal of the statue is notable as it comes at a time when President Donald Trump has launched a crusade against depictions of U.S. history that do not portray the country in a flattering light.

His administration has begun changing the names of military bases back to their original titles, commemorating Confederate soldiers after they were renamed during the Biden administration. Some statues that were removed will be replaced, and Trump has singled out the Smithsonian and other museums for review.

Rod Phillips, who helped stage protests against the monument each Saturday in the town with a 60 percent Black population, told The Washington Post: “It’s a great sense of relief.”

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