Dear Ms. Lunelle,
On Sunday morning, September 18, 2022, as I stood on the overpass of Interstate 240 West/ 26 East don in my Dixie Outfitter shirt with the depiction of the Honorable General Robert E. Lee and the Southern Cross in hand, I would soon find myself surrounded by a group of people.
“Mr. Edgerton”, one would begin, "we read articles in the Daily Planet Newspaper that you write about the South not only from a historical perspective, but also about current affairs. And many seem to resonate about the rule of law and equal protection thereof.
First, the Confederate soldiers Cenotaph under the rule and protection law of the North Carolina Monument Protection Act pulled down at the Durham County Courthouse...the criminal responsible escaping with barley a slap on the hand.
Second, at the State run school, the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, the Cenotaph of Confederate soldier, Silent Sam pulled off his base by crowd of hooligans and professors who stomped and spit on it. The Chancellor ordered to put Sam back; removed the base and then retired. Sam had stood under the North Carolina Monument Protection Law.
Third, the City of Asheville, North Carolina; the Cenotaph of the Honorable Governor Zebulon Baird Vance, the States most decorated citizen who just happened to be a Confederate Colonel had the Cenotaph erected in the memory of his service to the people of the State ignored any input from the Historic Commission and any laws governing the Monument Protection Law (still under litigation).
Fourth, and not to forget the Mayor of Enfield, North Carolina who ordered the All Veterans Cenotaph to not only be removed, but, had it bulldozed and destroyed while going on television bragging about what he did. We don't know if he is on probation for any of the other crimes he has been convicted of. However, we know that he has no regard for the rule of law, or the Monument Protection Law.
We the citizens of this State have come to the conclusion that the North Carolina Protection Law is nothing more than a joke that carries no enforcement by the State Attorney General, or the Legislative Body who wrote and passed it.“
God bless you,
Your brother,
HK
Chairman of the Board of Advisors Emeritus Southern Legal Resource Center
Member Save Southern Heritage Florida
Honorary Life Member Zebulon Baird Vance Camp 15 Sons of Confederate Veterans
Honorary Associate Member Abner Baker Chapter 14 United Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederate Legion Judah P Benjamin Camp 2610 Sons of Confederate Veterans
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