SALISBURY, N.C. – As debates surrounding Confederate monuments build nationwide, one North Carolina city is in talks of permanently relocating one of its own downtown statues.

The City of Salisbury tweeted that officials are in talks with the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy regarding the Fame monument. It depicts a dying soldier with a gun in the arms of a figure with wings wearing a wreath.

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For years, there has been discussion about moving the statue that has been standing tall in the city on private property since 1908. City officials are expected to discuss updates on the monument during a council meeting planned for Tuesday evening.

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Back in March of 2019, it had been vandalized with yellow paint. The same had happened in the previous year. Mayor Pro Tem Al Heggins called the incident “regretful” and called for “deliberative discourse” regarding what should happen to the statue.

Ahead of the council meeting, Heggins noted she heard from residents about next steps, according to the council meeting agenda.

"Mayor Pro Tem Heggins noted major decisions do not have to be made during the discussion, but because of recent protests, gun shots, and State of Emergency Declaration, the statue should be discussed," the agenda says. "Shots were fired during a peaceful protest near the statue, and it has been vandalized numerous times causing tension within the community. She stated it is important for Council to voice where it stands on the relocation of Fame."

Other topics on the agenda include banning the use of chemical weapons by police officers and considering approval of a Black Lives Matter mural in downtown Salisbury. Charlotte recently unveiled its mural which was defaced over the weekend, but was touched up and repainted. Similar murals were created in Raleigh and Winston-Salem.