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Alabama city council votes to relocate Confederate monument

Photo from the Pitt County Public Information Office via The Associated Press / This photo shows the removal of a Confederate statue in Greenville, North Carolina, on Monday, June 22, 2020. Crews on Monday removed the bronze statue that tops the monument outside the Pitt County Courthouse in Greenville.
Photo from the Pitt County Public Information Office via The Associated Press / This photo shows the removal of a Confederate statue in Greenville, North Carolina, on Monday, June 22, 2020. Crews on Monday removed the bronze statue that tops the monument outside the Pitt County Courthouse in Greenville. Photo from the Pitt County Public Information Office via The Associated Press / This photo shows the removal of a Confederate statue in Greenville, North Carolina, on Monday, June 22, 2020. Crews on Monday removed the bronze statue that tops the monument outside the Pitt County Courthouse in Greenville.

By Associated Press 1 min read

ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama city has voted to remove a Confederate monument from its downtown and relocate it to a park that houses a different Confederate memorial, according to officials.

The Anniston City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to relocate the obelisk honoring John Pelham, a Confederate military officer born in Calhoun County, news outlets reported.

Anniston’s mayor asked the council in June to consider removing the monument.

The memorial was set to be placed in Janney Furnace Park in Ohatchee where the Calhoun County Confederate Memorial is located, news outlets said. A timeline for the relocation was not immediately given.

The city manager will be authorized to pay a civil penalty of $25,000 under Alabama’s memorial preservation act, which prohibits relocating, removing, altering or renaming public buildings, streets and memorials that have been standing for more than 40 years, WVTM-TV reported.