Activists want a Confederate monument removed from the public lawn in front of the Tyrrell County Courthouse in Columbia. The 23-foot statue of a Confederate soldier was erected in 1902 and ...

The nearly 23-foot-tall monument next to the Tyrrell County Courthouse is of a common Confederate soldier with a written tribute to "the Confederate cause." It also contains a bust of Confederate Gen.

The more than 20-foot-tall monument features a Confederate soldier standing atop a tall pedestal in front of the county courthouse. “Tyrrell County’s monument communicates, on behalf of local ...

Tyrrell County includes a few thousand residents in eastern North Carolina. The monument, which was erected on the courthouse grounds in 1902, features a Confederate soldier standing atop a ...

At the corner of the Tyrrell County Courthouse stands a 23-foot-tall statue. Some locals in Columbia want the statue removed or relocated because of its message. On the back of the monument ...

and that’s what makes it more egregious than your typical Confederate monument.” The reference to “our faithful slaves” feels particularly personal to many of Tyrrell County’s Black ...

The monument was placed outside of the Tyrrell County courthouse in 1902. Ian Mance, another attorney for the group, said the location of the monument was intentional.

Alex Littlehales explores the legal battle over a monument in Tyrrell County, and why Confederate monuments still sit in legal limbo in the Tar Heel State. Ontario's Ford suspends U.S. electric ...

Confederate monuments in North Carolina ... The Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County wrote that they have fought for the courthouse monument's removal for years, from testifying at county ...