NORTH CAROLINA -- The future of a prominent Confederate statue at the Chatham County courthouse could be decided today.
- County commissioners voted back to August to remove it
- However, there is still debate over who owns it and what can be done
- County leaders say if the United Daughters of the Confederacy don't make a decision today, the statue will be removed in November
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County commissioners voted back to August to remove it.
They gave the United Daughters of the Confederacy until October 1 to come up with a plan for its future.
The UDC donated the statue more than a century ago.
However, there is still debate over who owns it and what can be done.
If the county owns it, which the UDC says it does, then it's protected by state law.
But, county officials disagree, saying it's actually property of the UDC. The UDC now wants the county to give them until December 1 to come up with a plan.
County leaders say if the United Daughters of the Confederacy don't make a decision today, the statue will be removed in November.