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‘Are you listening?’ Residents sound off on Confederate soldier statue at Burke meeting
(Hickory Record) The Confederate soldier statue in Morganton has been a point of contention for three years. The issue was again front and center at a meeting this week of the Burke County Board of Commissioners.
Multiple people spoke during the public comments portion about the Confederate statue that stands on the Old Burke County Courthouse square.
Bert Moncrief asked commissioners to form some type of formal venue so the people or the board can discuss the Confederate statue. He went on to talk about growing up in Georgia and the symbolism that remains with the statue.
“Southern white boys like myself can’t change the fact that our parents and ourselves were awash in The Lost Cause narrative, the glory of the Confederacy and the oppression of Jim Crow. But now I believe what most of us have learned better, it’s time to do better.”…
