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Confederate statue removed from Alexandria intersection, a month earlier than planned [View all]
Edit to add:
From the WaPo story it wasn't Alexandria's doing.Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson said the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which owns the statue, opted to remove the memorial a month ahead of schedule due to demonstrations across the country in which segregation-era statues have been vandalized.
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The Washington Post
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Decades-old Confederate statue removed from Alexandria intersection, a month earlier than planned
https://wapo.st/3gWem1c
Decades-old Confederate statue removed from Alexandria intersection
The monolith commemorates the mustering of Alexandria citizens at the start of the Civil War.
washingtonpost.com
9:42 AM - Jun 2, 2020
90 people are talking about this
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@washingtonpost
Decades-old Confederate statue removed from Alexandria intersection, a month earlier than planned
https://wapo.st/3gWem1c
Decades-old Confederate statue removed from Alexandria intersection
The monolith commemorates the mustering of Alexandria citizens at the start of the Civil War.
washingtonpost.com
9:42 AM - Jun 2, 2020
90 people are talking about this
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