Confederate monument removal effort in Greenwood SC
GREENWOOD, SC (WSPA) – Local advocates want to remove a Confederate monument that’s currently outside an Upstate courthouse ...
... Black Lives Matter Greenwood co-founder Travis Greene ... said the monument on the Park Avenue side of the county courthouse .. is privately owned ...
... a local judge’s recent ruling on a war memorial ... says monuments that are privately owned are not covered under the Heritage Act,” said Greene.
The Heritage Act makes it illegal in South Carolina to remove, change or rename a monument on public property without 2/3 vote from the general assembly ...
Greenwood county council chairman Steve Brown said leaders have not had time yet .. to see if the Heritage Act applies ...
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