The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Friday ordered the city of Asheville and Buncombe County to halt the demolition of a Confederate monument while an appeal plays out. The city has already removed the 75-foot tall obelisk honoring Confederate colonel and Gov. Zebulon Vance from its base downtown but was still dismantling remaining portions. The court's order specifies that the city and county must stop “any further action to deconstruct,.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Friday ordered the city of Asheville and Buncombe County to halt the demolition of a Confederate monument while an appeal plays out.
After a temporary setback, the removal of the monument honoring NC Civil War governor, slave owner Vance is expected to be gone from Asheville by Memorial Day.
As Asheville demolishes Vance Monument, lawyers quickly make Appeals Court arguments Joel Burgess, Asheville Citizen Times
ASHEVILLE - The long-anticipated demolition of a Confederate governor marker took a pause this week as workers puzzled over safety issues but the legal battle continued as lawyers hurriedly filed arguments with the North Carolina Court of Appeals as to whether deconstruction could continue.
In the latest round, the city on May 20 filed an answer to a historical preservation group seeking to stop the Vance Monument demolition. The group, the Society for the Historical Preservation of the 26th North Carolina Troops, made a motion with the state s second-highest court May 19 saying the removal should wait until a N.C. Supreme Court decision on a similar case.