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Wilson's Confederate markers spur outcry at City CouncilBy Brte Handgraafbtwndgraaf r. vnHontim's com j 252-265-7879It has been 152 years since the Confederacy was defeated, yet physical reminders of the war remain — a reality' that sparked concern from two residents at the Thursday night Wilson City Council meeting“Now. I’m sure you wouldn’t haveW Hrbecause you know it would enrage the Jewish citizenry, so why would you allow a monument to be erected to a whitesupremacist? asked Casanova “Cas* Hooks.The disabled veteran referenced the historical marker for Josephus Daniels on Tarboro Street near Nash Street live marker, one of three installed tn2016by the Wilson Countv Historical Associa-. - ' ’ ' 7 V 'tion. marks w here Daniels childhoodhome w as and commemorated his time as secretary of the Navy, an ambassador to Mexico and work as an editor and authorHooks said the plaque ignores hisreputation as a white supremacist and instigator in the Wilmington riots.“What it doesn't tell you is that in 2006 when a state congressional committee was erected to investigate the Wilmington riots, he w as found to be an instigator of the Wilmington riots,” he said “A not in which many people were killed It is wTitfen in contemporary new s of the day that the Cape Fear over ran red withblack blood and to erect a monument (near) the courthouse was appalling to me *The other speaker was Erkk Jenkins, a Wilson native w ho is studying at EastCarolina University. Jenkins used social media leading up to the meeting to raiseawareness about his opposition to twomonuments in Wilson.“Em definitely against (Civil Whr monuments),* said Erick Jenkins “To me, they are monuments of hate, they^ ^ . . -rr--- • ware against the United States against the Constitution and against the Declaration of Independence *The monuments that Jenkins opposes are the memorial drinking fountain on the Wilson County Courthouse square and the Confederate Monument atop a mass grave of Confederate soldiers at Maplewood Cemetery.The courthouse monument bears theinscription “To the valor of Wilson County soldiers* with the depiction of theSee MONUMENTS, Page M
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Fri, Aug 18, 2017
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