The Confederate monument outside Franklin County’s courthouse is staying put.
Officials voted on Tuesday to keep the monument, which stands outside the courthouse in Rocky Mount, in place.
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This comes after voters weighed in on a nonbinding referendum, with more than half voting to leave the statue instead of moving it to a museum or other historical site.
Some of the supervisors talked about the possibility of putting a plaque near the monument to add context during Tuesday’s meeting, but the board pushed that discussion to a later date.