Daughters of Confederacy agree to move statue that has stood more than 100 years
SALISBURY, N.C. — The city of Salisbury and the United Daughters of Confederacy have agreed to move the Confederate statue known as “Fame” to a cemetery.
Last week, city leaders voted to remove the “Fame” statue from West Innes Street in downtown.
The vote took place after more than four hours of heated discussion and public comment. The police chief called it a threat to public safety.
City leaders said they worked with the association to figure out the best plan for the statue and the association agreed to move it.
The mayor said “The expressed desire was to bring closure to this decision so that Fame can be safely removed, stored and relocated as quickly as feasible to its final location at the Old Lutheran Cemetery on North Lee Street, where Confederate generals, named and unknown Confederate soldiers are buried.”
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