Vance Monument Task Force Virtual Meeting – November 19, 2020

Vance Monument Task Force Decision – Removal!

“African-Americans and other residents of the City of Asheville and Buncombe County have issued a clear call to remove the Vance Monument due to the harm it continues to impose on our community. By removing the monument, we are joining southern cities across our nation from Richmond to Raleigh to New Orleans to address the symbols that linger from the Civil War and Jim Crow that foster hate and racial terrorism. We want Black residents and visitors to feel welcomed in our downtown. We hope that the removal of the Vance Monument will begin the healing process for the Black and Indigenous individuals in Asheville.”

~ statement from co-chairs Oralene Simmons and Deborah Miles