Bulloch Commissioners to Vote on ‘Contextual Marker’ Near Confederate Monument in Statesboro

The Bulloch County Board of Commissioners will vote Tuesday on a resolution for a contextual marker near a Confederate monument in at the Bulloch County Courthouse in Statesboro.

The resolution was released Friday with the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting. The marker seeks to add context about slavery, the monument’s erection to intimidate African Americans at the time, white supremacy, and a correction to what the marker says is history’s improper suggestion “that the cause for the Civil War rested on southern honor, inequitable taxation, and states’ rights rhetoric – instead of its real catalyst – African-American slavery.”

If approved, the marker would reflect the following verbiage:

The Bulloch Commissioners approved a policy three years ago prohibiting monuments, signs, or other structures from being placed on the courthouse property and approval of this marker would be an exception to that existing policy.

According to a staff report for informational purposes:

The resolution as proposed is below. You can also read the resolution here.