by James Ritch | Sep 11, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: As I write, they are removing the memorial statue to Confederate soldiers at Eastville. It was said this memorial celebrated slavery and Jim Crow. NO. The memorial celebrates the cause for which they fought and sacrificed so much … independence. It is a...
by James Ritch | Jan 14, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday night to remove the Confederate monument from the historic courthouse green in Eastville, the county seat. “Most people who have defended the statue say that it was a monument honoring the Confederate...
by James Ritch | Nov 23, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I am delighted the Northampton County Board of Supervisors has taken up the question regarding the Old Courthouse Green Confederate Monument. After conducting a public hearing Oct. 13, 2020, the Supervisors discussed the substance of the controversy at...
by James Ritch | Aug 13, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – What should happen to Northampton’s Confederate monument that stands on the historic courthouse green in Eastville, the county seat? The Confederate monument faces Eastville’s main street, Courthouse Road, as “a day-to-day reminder of some of the...
