Following the racial protests of last year, some Asheboro residents are still wondering if anything will happen to the Confederate statue on the Randolph County Historic Courthouse property. In July 2015, the NC General Assembly passed Senate Bill 22, the Historic Artifact Management and Patriotism Act, which prevents the removal of monuments such as the Confederate statue. Although this legislature may have halted any immediate plans to relocate the statue it doesn't change the tumultuous history it has left behind. 'Honor all veterans' Chip Foust, president of the Randolph County NAACP, said the county has a rich history of being anti-Confederate. During the lead up to the Civil War, there was a vote held and over 2700 citizens voted to stay in the United States, with less than 50 voting to join the Confederacy.