BACKGROUND

 

In May of 1947, the Charleston Chapter 4 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), erected the Lee Memorial at the Charleston School of Math and Science (then Rivers High School) to mark the Lee Memorial Highway (King Street).  In July of 2021, the school district had the memorial removed.  We waited almost three years for the Attorney General to enforce the Heritage Act but when the statute of limitations was about to expire, the American Heritage Association recruited the UDC to be a Plaintiff and filed a lawsuit against the Charleston County School District and School Board in July of 2024.  We waited until November of 2024 to actually serve the lawsuit in hopes that the school board would remedy the situation.  They did not.

 

Working to attain victory even with the courts denying us standing, we worked behind the scenes to secure a better location along King Street at Marion Square.  The monument was re-erected in the early morning hours of December 10th, 2025!  The historic preservation easement protecting the monument in perpetuity was purchased with $10 Confederate.  

 

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