Tyrrell monument

Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County and Emancipate NC plan to hold a rally in front of a newly erected billboard in Columbia Saturday calling for removal of the Confederate monument at the county courthouse.

 Photo courtesy Ian Mance

COLUMBIA — Dozens of Tyrrell County residents are scheduled to rally in Columbia Saturday in front of a newly-erected billboard calling for removal of the Confederate monument at the county courthouse.

The billboard is the second that Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County and Emancipate NC have erected in Columbia calling on local officials to remove the monument.