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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - A plaque honoring Confederate soldiers has been removed from a West Virginia courthouse.
The Journal reports the Jefferson County Commission voted 3-2 last week to remove the plaque and it has been taken down.
Officials have been discussing the plaque's future since a letter requesting its removal was sent to county officials last year immediately following violent protests at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which had been organized in part to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Some residents with family who fought on the Confederate side of the Civil War argued that the plaque should remain.
Commissioner Jane Tabb said she voted for the removal to be sensitive to the African-American community.
Officials said it's unclear whether the plaque will be relocated.
HunterTAMUC on December 13rd, 2018 at 05:19 UTC »
Why the fuck does that state have a Confederate plaque? They SECEDED FROM VIRGINIA because they didn't want to secede from the Union!
deezee72 on December 13rd, 2018 at 04:09 UTC »
For all the talk about protecting history, this plaque was erected in 1986. It's not even like these soldiers were heroes of the state, considering that West Virginia seceded from the Confederacy to rejoin the Union.
It's hard to read erecting this plaque as anything other than a comment on contemporary history.
Edit: Can see a photo of the plaque in this article
2pete on December 13rd, 2018 at 03:43 UTC »
Confederate monuments in WV make no sense to me. The state exists because it seceded from the Confederacy back to the Union.