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As protestors and counter-protestors prepare for an upcoming Confederate memorial in Graham, organizers for both sides sound off on their respective motivations.
On Thursday, parts of Graham s Court Square will become a venue for a Confederate memorial, said Thomas May, the event s primary organizer as noted on documents submitted to the Alamance County Sheriff s Office. Everybody s been asking me to do a Confederate event, May said on Tuesday, but I didn t want to do one just to be doing one.
May said he knows of the controversy surrounding Alamance County s Confederate monument, which is also located at Court Square. He said he wanted to wait for his event to have some sort of historical significance, which is why the memorial is scheduled for Thursday.