- A North Carolina museum is accusing vandals of trying to burn a statue of a World War II veteran after mistaking it for a Confederate monument.
- The statue commemorates General William C. Lee, who served in both world wars.
- The museum's curator, Mark Johnson, told the Dunn Daily Record newspaper he believes the vandal or vandals mistook the statue for a monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
- North Carolina, as in many other states, has seen controversy over Confederate monuments that critics say are heirlooms of racism and slavery.
A statue of a World War II veteran was doused in flammable liquid and vandalized last week by "some jerk punk(s)" who likely mistook the memorial for a Confederate monument, according to a North Carolina museum.