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Lunenburg supervisors petition court to put Confederate‑monument question on November ballot
Summary
The Lunenburg County Board of Supervisors voted 5‑2 on July 9 to ask the Circuit Court to place an advisory referendum on the November ballot asking whether a Confederate monument should remain on the courthouse grounds; a prior motion to remove the monument failed.
The Lunenburg County Board of Supervisors voted 5‑2 on July 9 to authorize County Attorney Frank Rennie to petition the Circuit Court to instruct the Electoral Board to place an advisory referendum on the November ballot about whether the Confederate monument on the courthouse grounds should remain or be removed.
Rennie, the county attorney, provided the board with legal options and background on the marker, which was placed on the courthouse grounds in 1968 after previously standing in the Town of Victoria since 1916. He said the monument’s inscriptions reference “the confederate soldiers of Lunenburg County” and language about “the…
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