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A monument to Confederate soldiers is seen outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Sen. Ed Sutton, D-Charleston, speaks on the Senate floor on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Sen. Danny Verdin, R-Laurens, waits to ask a question on the Senate floor on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Sen. Darrell Jackson, D-Columbia, speaks to the Senate in front of a portrait of former U.S. Vice President and slavery supporter John C. Calhoun on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. A monument to Confederate soldiers is seen outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. A monument to Confederate soldiers is seen outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Sen. Ed Sutton, D-Charleston, speaks on the Senate floor on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Sen. Ed Sutton, D-Charleston, speaks on the Senate floor on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Sen. Danny Verdin, R-Laurens, waits to ask a question on the Senate floor on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Sen. Danny Verdin, R-Laurens, waits to ask a question on the Senate floor on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Sen. Darrell Jackson, D-Columbia, speaks to the Senate in front of a portrait of former U.S. Vice President and slavery supporter John C. Calhoun on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Sen. Darrell Jackson, D-Columbia, speaks to the Senate in front of a portrait of former U.S. Vice President and slavery supporter John C. Calhoun on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. , monument, street and building name across South Carolina would be protected from removal or changes under a proposal approved Wednesday by the state Senate.
The bill approved 31-7 would also ban QR code stickers that could be scanned by a cellphone to get additional information about a historic figure, something supporters of the codes said could be used to put the actions of Confederate or segregationist figures enshrined in glowing language decades ago into a more Local governments would have to get a proposal passed by the General Assembly to remove a monument or change its wording. Elsewhere in the South, legislatures are restricting special treatment for Confederate groups. Lawmakers in Virginia ended some benefits to groups that honor the memory of rebel soldiers and debated removing the final three statues to Confederates that remain at Capitol Square in the one time rebel capital.
to the Confederacy, which lost a four-year war to separate from the United States, and to a number of other conflicts from the American Revolution to the Persian Gulf War.But memorials to people not involved in fighting fell into a loophole meaning long since dead figures like former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun or segregationist Gov. “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman might not get the same protection from colleges or local governments.
All those who voted for it were Republicans, while all those who voted against it were Democrats. Democratic Sen. Margie Bright Matthews read quotes on the Senate floor from Tillman saying the only way to put freed slaves and their children back in their place was to kill some of them and Calhoun saying slavery was needed because African Americans cannot be civilized. “Do we want to be a state that continues to debate and defend the legacy of treason, racism and exclusion?” Matthews said. “You ought to be embarrassed about some of the stuff you want to preserve.”
in 2000 as part of a compromise that removed the Confederate flag that was raised atop the capitol dome during the 100th anniversary of the Civil War in 1961. The bill, which moves on to the House with about a month left in session, would allow any officially registered private historical groups to sue if they think a monument is not being treated legally. The proposal requires any monument moved because of a building renovation or road project to be displayed in an area of equal or greater prominence. Democratic Sen. Ed Sutton said that could become a mess for a place like Charleston, which could end up facing numerous lawsuits from unhappy groups. Under the current law, only the state attorney general’s office can sue. “The practical effect is the city is going to take a step back and say we’re out of the history game,” Sutton said of Charleston, founded in 1670 and pivotal in the Revolutionary and Civil wars.
a song with lyrics about an enslaved person called a racial slur fondly recalling his days in bondage called “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny.” It was the official state song from 1940 to 1997, when it was redesignated the “state song emeritus.”
In the bill, Republican sponsor Sen. Danny Verdin wrote “the nearer a person stands in time to the event, the more likely their description reflects the conditions, perceptions and meanings as they were actually were understood when they occurred.” That’s why Verdin successfully fought to keep in the bill a provision banning QR codes on monuments. No other state that protects memorials bans QR codes. “As our knowledge and understanding of history continues to evolve, please consider the value in allowing for an evolution in how the lives of those in the past are told,” Preservation Society of Charleston President and CEO Brian Turner wrote in a letter to senators. Democratic Sen. Darrell Jackson said since his ancestors were freed from bondage through the Civil War he doesn’t feel warm and fuzzy seeing a Confederate honored with a statue and his story should be there too.
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