monuments

Statue of antebellum N.C. chief justice at court removed

July 13, 2020 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — The statue of a 19th-century North Carolina Supreme Court justice was removed on Monday from the entrance of the state Court of Appeals building. Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin is known in part for […]

Trump says he’ll issue executive order to protect monuments

June 23, 2020 Darlene Superville, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’ll issue an executive order to protect monuments that are coming under new scrutiny as America wrestles with racism during the unrest sparked by the police killing […]

While Confederate statues come down, other symbols targeted

June 21, 2020 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — Spectators in North Carolina’s capital watched Sunday morning as work crews finished the job started by protesters Friday night and removed a Confederate statue from the top of a 75-foot monument. Across the […]

Injunction extended against removing Lee statue in Virginia

June 18, 2020 Sarah Rankin, Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — A judge on Thursday indefinitely extended an injunction preventing the Virginia governor from removing a historic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond’s famed Monument Avenue. Richmond Circuit Court Judge […]

After protests, iconic Robert E. Lee statue in Virginia to be removed

June 4, 2020 Sarah Rankin and Alan Suderman, Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — A towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will be removed as soon as possible from Richmond’s Monument Avenue, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said Thursday, pledging the state will no longer […]

MATTHEWS: Republican slippery slope warnings bear out as Democrats target memorials to founding figures

July 10, 2019 Stacey Matthews

When Nike abandoned plans to sell a Betsy Ross flag-themed tennis shoe after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick expressed objections, 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro was asked by to weigh in on the matter. Castro […]

Trump outlines land reduction in Utah monuments, tribes prepare to sue

December 4, 2017 North State Journal Staff

WASHINGTON/SALT LAKE CITY – President Donald Trump announced a reduction in the acreage of two of Utah’s sprawling wilderness national monuments on Monday saying he wanted the people of Utah to control the land. Native American tribes […]

CAUDILL: Time to unite as Americans

September 6, 2017 admin

For my entire life, I have been very proud to be a Southerner. There are few things that stir emotion in me like thoughts of Spanish moss hanging in oak trees, big black water rivers, […]

Gov. Cooper gives UNC green light to remove ‘Silent Sam’, UNC holds off, citing 2015 law

August 22, 2017 Jeff Moore

RALEIGH — Amid the furor in reaction to the August 12 Charlottesville, Virginia rally in support of confederate monuments that devolved into wanton violence between ‘AntiFa’ counterprotesters and white nationalist event sponsors, and ultimately culminated […]