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NJ Home's Confederate Halloween Display Draws Outrage
Adorned with multiple no trespassing signs, a New Jersey home boasts multiple Confederate flags in addition to costumed ghosts — one of which seems to resemble a haunting image of a Ku Klux Klan member in robes.
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Memphis Erases Confederate General From Its Public Spaces
Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s polarizing presence has hung over Memphis, Tennessee, since he moved there in 1852 with his family
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Robert E. Lee Memorial Reopens in Virginia With New Exhibits on Enslaved People
The Virginia mansion where Robert E. Lee once lived is open to the public again, after a $12 million rehabilitation and reinterpretation that includes an increased emphasis on more than 100 people who were enslaved there. The National Park Service opened Arlington House to the public on Tuesday for the first time since 2018. The mansion overlooking Arlington National Cemetery…
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A Look Inside Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, reopened Tuesday, June 8, 2021 with an increased emphasis on the lives of the more than 100 people who were enslaved there. Here’s a look inside. Go here to read more about the project. -
Judge Considering Moving Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right' Civil Trial
A federal judge is considering moving the trial in a civil lawsuit filed against organizers of the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Virginia.
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Washington and Lee University to Keep Confederate's Name
Washington and Lee University’s trustees have voted against removing the name of Confederate Gen. Robert E
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Washington and Lee University to Give Name Decision in June
Virginia’s Washington and Lee University is expected to reveal whether or not it will change its name in June, nearly a year after a committee was formed to evaluate the school’s ties to Confederate Gen. Robert E
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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