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Not even hours after legislative leaders in two states and the nation’s largest retailer took efforts to remove Confederate symbols, Hillsborough commissioners debated taking their own action against the Confederacy.
However, instead of a flag Monday’s debate involved two words above the entrance to the Orange County Historical Museum.
Just a few hours after South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley declared that the Confederate flag should be removed from statehouse grounds discussion regarding whether to remove the words “Confederate Memorial,” began coincidentally.
After Haley’s announcement, Mississippi’s Republican house speaker said the Confederate battle emblem should be removed from the state flag and according to news reports Wal-Mart announced plans to remove all items promoting the flag from its stores and website.
Removing Confederate symbols from public buildings is an issue that often divides residents, and such was no different in Hillsborough. Commissioner Jenn Weaver’s motion to begin the process to remove the words was voted down and other commissioners, including Brian Lowen, the only African-American on the board, wanted more community input before making a decision.
The museum building opened as a “whites only” Confederate memorial library in 1934 and became a county museum in 1982. However some residents want the words to stay out of respect for the 610,000 people that died in the Civil War.
Mayor Tom Stevens did not have a timeline regarding when a decision will be made.
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