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Opposition to Confederate monuments is not new. They've been challenged, defaced, vandalized and re-contextualized ever since they started going up. Here are just a few examples...
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Pittsboro, NC, 1907 - Confederate monument defaced with black shoe polish, one week after it was unveiled.
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Raleigh, NC, 1898 - Confederate cemetery memorial vandalized.
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Monroe, LA, 1896 - Confederate monument broken within two months of being erected.
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Chattanooga, TN, 1877 - Confederate monument vandalized.
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Staunton, VA, 1913 - Confederate monument covered with green paint. (Dedicated in 1888)
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Burgaw, NC, 1914 - Confederate monument defaced with black paint, within several weeks of unveiling. It was coated with paint a second time later.
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Alexandria, VA, 1890 - Confederate monument "defaced" by someone spitting on it, causing "much indignation." It was dedicated May 24, 1889.
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New Bern, NC, 1898 - Confederate monument in the local cemetery vandalized. (Dedicated in May 1885).
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["$10.00 Reward," and "No Evidence Found," The Daily Journal (New Bern, N.C.), Wednesday, August 10, 1898, page 4.]
