In case you have not heard, the mayor/city council in
Reidsville, North Carolina, has removed the base of the Confederate monument
that was struck by a driver earlier this year. It appears that the century-old
monument will not returned to its original position. You can learn more here.
While on the topic of monuments, a new round of students are
raising issues regarding the monument honoring former students from the
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill). These "issues" seem to
come up every two or three years. You can learn more here.
Click here and here to learn more about artifacts captured
by the Union army during the March 1862 battle of New Bern are being returned
to North Carolina (temporarily).
The Salisbury Post has a piece on Stoneman's Raid - check it
out here.
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