SOURCE: NYT
9-21-17
tags: cemeteries, Confederate Monuments
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9-21-17
Battle Over Confederate Monuments Moves to the Cemeteries
Breaking Newstags: cemeteries, Confederate Monuments
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One by one, Confederate monuments are coming down from their perches in front of courthouses, in public squares, along city boulevards.
Now opponents to the memorials are looking through cemetery gates for more.
Local officials and residents, outraged by the violence in Charlottesville, Va., last month and determined to clear their cities of markers that glorify the Confederacy, are pushing for the removal of Confederate monuments that have adorned the graves of soldiers for decades.
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