The Confederate statue that has been the topic of much debate over the past several months has been removed from downtown Winston-Salem. There were supporters on both side of the equation. Tembila Covington, president of the Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity (MCWSV), wanted to weigh in on the subject.
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After weeks of protest, heated conversations at City Hall, and ongoing conversations on social media, on Tuesday, March 12, the Confederate statue located at the corner of Fourth and Liberty Streets in downtown Winston-Salem was removed.
Last Friday members of Get Hate Out of Winston-Salem gathered at the corner of Fourth and Liberty to keep pressure on city officials to remove the statue that depicts a Confederate solider holding a rifle.
Chants of “Your Southern Soldiers were Enemy Combatants” and a rendition of the Battle Hymn of the Republic divided the corner of Fourth and Liberty streets last Sunday afternoon as more than 100 people gathered downtown to speak in support of or against the city’s decision to remove the statue which was placed at the old Forsyth County Courthouse in 1905.
Supporters and those in opposition to the removal of the Confederate statue from the corner of Fourth and Liberty Streets showed up in droves at City Hall earlier this week.
For over a week now the corner of Fourth and Liberty Streets has been the topic of discussions across the state.
AP Photo/Gerry Broome Protesters topple Confederate UNC statue Police stand guard after the confederate statue known as Silent Sam was
