CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The battle over the Silent Sam Confederate statue continuted Friday, leaving a final decision to be determined.

  • The UNC Board of Governors discussed a plan to build a history center to house the Silent Sam statue.
  • The Board of Trustees submitted the plan, which is expected to cost $5 million, but ultimately rejected it Friday
  • The statue was torn down in August. 

UNC Board of Governors voted to reject the Silent Sam multi-million dollar proposal to use state funds for a new center to house the statue which was torn down by protestors in August. A revised plan is due in March of next year.

 

 

 

 

 

 The proposal called for the center to be built on campus over the next five years and would have cost around $5 million.

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Many students spoke out against this idea saying they don’t want to have to pay to house a statue they disagree with.

Others argue that the statue’s historical value warrants returning it to its previous location.

When Chancellor Carol Folt introduced the idea of the center she said it would be the preference of the Board of Trustees that the statue be removed to a museum off campus, but that state law would not allow for that.

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