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Confederate Flag Removed From I-95 in Virginia Amid Construction
A group that has flown a large Confederate flag along I-95 in Stafford County, Virginia, for years says it removed the flag Wednesday. Road construction is underway in the area. The Virginia Department of Transportation said Wednesday that the department acquired 10 parcels of land along the highway to build an express lane ramp. On one of the parcels of…
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City of Fairfax to Rename Lanier Middle School
A school named for a Confederate soldier will get a new name. The City of Fairfax school board voted in favor of renaming Lanier Middle School.
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Hurricane Laura Topples Confederate Statue After Vote to Keep It
After making landfall in Lake Charles, La., Hurricane Laura damaged a Confederate statue, just days after local parish officials had voted to keep it.
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House Votes to Remove Confederate Statues From Capitol
The House has approved a bill to remove statues of Gen. Robert E. Lee and other Confederate leaders from the U.S. Capitol, as a reckoning over racial injustice continues following the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis.
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Confederate Memorial Removed From Outside Loudoun County Courthouse
A Confederate statue that stood outside the Loudoun County courthouse was removed overnight Tuesday. Photos show orange cones in the place of the statue in Leesburg, Virginia. The county board of supervisors voted earlier this month to remove the statue, which the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected in 1908. The Loudoun County chapter of the group hired a...
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JMU Is Renaming Halls That Bear Names of Confederate Leaders
Virginia’s James Madison University is renaming three buildings that bear the names of Confederate leaders
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Loudoun County Board Votes to Remove Confederate Statue
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday night to remove a Confederate statue that has stood outside the Leesburg Courthouse for 112 years. The United Daughters of the Confederacy erected this statue in 1908. The board approved having it taken down no later than Sept. 7. People from around the county showed up for the virtual board meeting and…
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Old Times Not Forgotten: Mississippi Furls Rebel-Themed Flag
Mississippi has formally retired the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem.
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Mississippi Takes Step Toward Dropping Rebel Image From Flag
Mississippi lawmakers are close to erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the 126-year-old state flag.
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Country's Oldest City Moves to Relocate Confederate Memorial
Leaders of the country’s oldest city have decided to move a Confederate memorial that has been a fixture in its historic central plaza for 140 years.
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Portraits of Former Confederate Leaders Removed From Capitol
Portraits honoring four former House speakers who served in the Confederacy are gone from the U.S. Capitol
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Montgomery County Looks to Remove Confederate Street Names
All nine members of the Montgomery County Council want to change replace any street, school or building names connected to the Confederacy.
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Virginia Superintendent: Rename Stonewall Jackson High
A Northern Virginia school superintendent wants to rename a high school and middle school named for Confederate general Stonewall Jackson
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Virginia Senate Advances Bill to Scrap Lee-Jackson Holiday
The Virginia Senate has advanced legislation to scrap the state’s Lee-Jackson holiday celebrating two Confederate generals.
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Alexandria Residents Weigh in on Appomattox Statue
People in Alexandria have long discussed what to do with a Confederate statue standing smack in the middle of an Old Town intersection. Over the weekend, a driver crashed into the statue, knocking it off its axis. Some residents are worried it’s a safety hazard. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.
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Virginia's Corey Stewart to Lead Pro-Trump Super PAC
The Virginia Republican who embraced Confederate monuments and associated with white supremacists during failed statewide office bids will head a conservative super PAC.
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Virginia High School Renamed After Lee Controversy
A local high school named after a Confederate general will now be called Washington-Liberty High School.
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4 Men Charged in Charlottesville Attacks on Counterprotesters
Four members of a militant white supremacist group from California were arrested on charges they traveled to Virginia last year to incite a riot and attack counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally that turned deadly, federal authorities said Tuesday.
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Policía en la comunidad
Protesters in Durham, N.C. toppled a Confederate monument Monday night. The statue, called “The Confederate Soldiers Monument,” was dedicated in 1924. It was pulled down Monday and protesters stomped on it.
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Virginia School Renamed to Honor Obama
A Richmond, Virginia, school that honored a confederate general has been renamed Barack Obama Elementary.