EDENTON, N.C. (WAVY) — The Confederate monument that has stood for more than 116 years in the waterfront town is on the move for the second time.

Late Saturday night, contractors dismantled the monument from its more-than-60-year home at the end of South Broad Street and sent it to storage, ahead of planned reinstatement at the Veterans Memorial Park, according to Edenton Mayor W. Hackney High.

The town had been planning for the relocation for more than three years, however, it was the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the move that lead the town to act.

In a letter to the community, High called for "a spirit of unity and mutual respect" in the wake of the decision he characterized as a true compromise.

The monument will no longer be in a prominent location and it won't be destroyed.

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