Confederate statue coming down at Va. site of interracial marriage case

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Confederate statue coming down at Va. site of interracial marriage case

Neal Augenstein | @AugensteinWTOP

August 26, 2020, 11:45 AM

Virginia’s Caroline County courthouse, which was at the center of a landmark civil rights decision involving interracial marriages, will soon lose the Confederate sentry that has stood on the courthouse lawn for 114 years.

The county’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Monday night to remove the statue, which had been erected in 1906 by the Bowling Green United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Jeff Black, supervisor of the Western Caroline District, told WTOP he believes such statues have value, but said, “My problem with it was the location, and the number of people that were upset by the location.”

Under a Virginia law which took effect July 1, the county will entertain offers from groups to take ownership of the statue, which currently overlooks North Main Street in the town of Bowling Green.

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[Karadeniz]

1. Yay! Down with the traitors!

[abqtommy]

2. There can't be any interracial marriages. As long as any marriage is between humans we can

have inter-ethnic marriages and inter-gender marriages but we humans only have one race and that's
The Human Race. And yes, my opinion is that confederate statues do have value: scrap value.

[Kind of Blue]

3. +1000!