After more than 100 years, a confederate statue at UNC-Chapel Hill is no longer standing. Demonstrators tore down the statue known as "Silent Sam" during a massive protest on Monday, one day before the university's first day of classes.  For years, the confederate monument has been a major point of contention, both on campus and in the surrounding area, and confederate monuments have also caused some controversy in Kentucky.

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer recently announced plans to relocate the John B. Castleman statue from Cherokee Triangle in the Highlands neighborhood, as well as the George Prentice statue outside the main library.

"This is not at all erasing history. It's just moving it to a more appropriate place," Fischer tweeted.

The two Louisville statues will not be the first confederate monuments to be relocated in the state. In 2016, statue of a Confederate soldier statue was removed from the University of Louisville campus after a legal battle between the city residents, the mayor and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. It was relocated to Brandenburg, which hosts Civil War reenactments.

In Lexington, two statues were removed from the downtown area in October 2017. The Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and John Breckinridge monuments were moved to a private cemetery.