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A neo-Confederate group based in Tennessee says it intends to proceed with plans to host a rally Sept. 16 around the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue despite an executive order temporarily banning protests there.

The heritage group, called CSA II: The New Confederate States of America, is billing the event as the “Protect the General Robert E. Lee Monument Rally.”

It’s unclear, however, how much pull the group has and how large the event it’s planning might actually be. The group’s website appears primarily dedicated to selling Confederacy-themed T-shirts and other merchandise, and on Facebook, where the rally is being planned, fewer than 50 people have indicated they plan to go.

The only other event the group is currently promoting — listed as “pending” — is participation in a Dolly Parton parade in Tennessee in 2018.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed an executive order temporarily barring demonstrations at the state-owned Lee monument after violence at last month’s white supremacist rally in Charlottesville.

Police have not said how they will address the rally in light of the ban.