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N.C. town removes Confederate statue at center of long-running protest [View all]
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N.C. town removes Confederate statue at center of long-running protest
Edenton leaders plan to reerect the statue at the county’s courthouse.
September 1, 2025 at 12:41 p.m. EDT Today at 12:41 p.m. EDT
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The Confederate statue in Edenton, North Carolina, is removed from the town waterfront after midnight on Sunday. (Rod Phillips)
By Gregory S. Schneider
EDENTON, N.C. — This historic town on the Albemarle Sound removed a waterfront Confederate statue over the weekend that had sparked a long-running series of protests and revived Civil War heritage efforts in a community that is 60 percent Black. But the figure of a soldier might yet rise again.
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By Gregory S. Schneider
Greg Schneider covers Virginia from the Richmond bureau. He was The Washington Post's business editor for more than seven years, and before that served stints as deputy business editor, national security editor and technology editor. He has also covered aviation security, the auto industry and the defense industry for The Post.follow on X@SchneiderG
N.C. town removes Confederate statue at center of long-running protest
Edenton leaders plan to reerect the statue at the county’s courthouse.
September 1, 2025 at 12:41 p.m. EDT Today at 12:41 p.m. EDT
4 min
The Confederate statue in Edenton, North Carolina, is removed from the town waterfront after midnight on Sunday. (Rod Phillips)
By Gregory S. Schneider
EDENTON, N.C. — This historic town on the Albemarle Sound removed a waterfront Confederate statue over the weekend that had sparked a long-running series of protests and revived Civil War heritage efforts in a community that is 60 percent Black. But the figure of a soldier might yet rise again.
{snip}
By Gregory S. Schneider
Greg Schneider covers Virginia from the Richmond bureau. He was The Washington Post's business editor for more than seven years, and before that served stints as deputy business editor, national security editor and technology editor. He has also covered aviation security, the auto industry and the defense industry for The Post.follow on X@SchneiderG
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