The Lower Sussex County branch of the NAACP has called for end to state funding to the Georgetown Historical Society until a Confederate monument is removed from its museum.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that the organization has asked State Senator Brian Pettyjohn and state Representative Briggs King to immediately halt the $11,500 grant to the society.
The paper reports that descendants of Delaware Confederate veterans were allowed to erect the monument on the museum grounds.
It’s a nine-foot-tall obelisk that holds 100 names of Delaware soldiers and civilians who supported the Confederacy.
In addition, it’s flanked by Delaware state flag and a confederate flag on the other.
Delaware Governor John Carney told the News Journal that he would also favor ending the funding even though it is an important part of local events including Return Day.
Carney said said there is a difference between displaying the flag for historical reasons as opposed to displaying it because “you approve the message it sends.”
The Delaware Democrat did add that private citizens have a right to display the flag on private property even if it offends others.
The controversy has taken on steam with Baltimore removing four of its down confederate statues this week.
