#BREAKING Protesters in #Durham topple confederate monument downtown pic.twitter.com/a3BNIavyxC
— Derrick Lewis (@DerrickQLewis) August 14, 2017
The monument was dedicated in memory of confederate soldiers. I find no honor whatsoever in fighting for a treasonous cause which enslaves human beings. Tear down all of these monuments. Tear them down now.
A group of protesters in Durham, N.C. pulled down a Confederate statue outside a government building on Monday evening.
The statue, called the Confederate Soldiers Monument, was dedicated to the city in 1924 and stands outside a government building that houses offices such as the county manager and the county attorney. It depicts a soldier along with the words “In memory of the boys who wore the gray,” in reference to the color of the Confederate forces during the Civil War. The monument also features a seal engraved with “The Confederate States of America.”