NAACP: Mathews planning to protect Confederate monument
The alleged plan would take control of the monument away from the county government while leaving it in front of the courthouse.
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The alleged plan would take control of the monument away from the county government while leaving it in front of the courthouse.
The groups are also asking for the “immediate surrounding land.”
Edith Turner was born and raised in Mathews County, and for as long as she can remember, a statue honoring Confederate soldiers has sat in the middle of town. It
Pro-Confederacy groups have asked the Mathews County government to give its Confederate monument to them. But the Mathews County NAACP is warning the board it might take legal action if the statue is handed off.