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Lunenburg Supervisors to Discuss Courthouse Statue

   Written by on July 8, 2020 at 2:31 pm

LUNENBURG – The Lunenburg Board of Supervisors hold their July board meeting this Thursday night and along with the usual updates offered each month, the group has a topic on the agenda that has gotten the attention of many people.

The group will hold a discussion on the Confederate Monument located at the Lunenburg Courts Building.

This topic was brought up in a letter sent in June by Wiley and Carole Wallace that asked for the statue to be removed. Following request from around the country to have confederate monuments removed, the letter stated “We are writing this letter to request that the Lunenburg County Board of Supervisors bring to question the removal of the Confederate Soldier statue from the front of the Lunenburg County Courthouse.”

The letter continued, “Given the recent demonstrations and the movement to evidence equality for all across our nation, for us the statue at the courthouse does not convey this perception.”

The statue was originally at the Victoria Town Square, but was moved to the Lunenburg Courthouse location in 1968.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill in April allowing individual localities to remove, relocate or contextualize Confederate statues and monuments within their communities. Each locality can make a decision if they choose to do so starting July 1.

The meeting is set to take place starting at 6 p.m, on Thursday, July 9.

County officials have the following guidelines in place to adhere to social distancing guidelines. 

-All Supervisors will adhere to social distancing.  All citizens/guests who attend the Board of Supervisors meeting must maintain a distance of at least six feet apart at all times.

-It is requested that advance inquiries about agenda items be directed to the County Administrator prior to the meeting at tgee@lunenburgva.net or by phone at 434-696-2142 to address your concerns prior to the Board meeting.

-Depending on social gathering limitations, we will research electronic meeting participation for citizens.  Please watch our Facebook page (Lunenburg County, VA) and the website at www.lunenburgva.org for updates.

-This meeting plan is subject to change, based on further action by the Governor of Virginia and/or the Lunenburg County Board of Supervisors.

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