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Republican: “This was a deal made with the Jim Crow South, between 1910 and 1930 roughly, and I’m not a Jim Crow South guy."

Mayor: "You've got to understand that there were those who were oppressed by this, by the Confederate flag on there."

Cherokee leader: "The trails you are walking are trails created by my people."

Charleston shames itself.

White heroes: out. Black restaurant owners: in.

The Confederate monument had stood for 110 years.

Leftists tried to escape punishment for blocking traffic.

Only nine percent say the monuments should be destroyed.

A bill in Alabama would make state employees choose between taking off on Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis’s birthday.

"The Shenandoah County School Board has resurrected the ghosts of the Jim Crow era."

Republicans finally do something right.

The lawsuit claims symbols of Southern heritage are discriminatory.

They argue the monument is racially discriminatory government speech.

Bill would have revoked tax exemptions for the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

"Revisiting this decision is essential to honor our community's heritage and respect the wishes of the majority."

“Not treating Juneteenth the way all other holidays are treated is a slap in the face to African Americans.”

A report on the VDARE conference.

Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina hold the line.

The LA Times wishes the state honored blacks rather than whites.

“Racial hatred or racism shouldn’t be honored.”

The NAACP claimed the statue is a symbol of "white supremacy."

His breed is as extinct as theirs — and for the same reasons.

United Daughters of the Confederacy comes under fire.

All but one were renamed to honor non-whites.

It's his 217th birthday.

A rare display of political courage.

Mayor: “By removing the Confederate monument from Springfield Park, we signal a belief in our shared humanity."

The old America is already dead, so whites better get serious.

Black judge: "We should not be celebrating slavery."

"It’s the clearest example of a Lost Cause statement in a public space in the form of a monument."

Surely Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will come to its defense.

They now bear Indian names.

It would honor the Confederate dead and ceremonially fold the flag at the end of live events.

". . . even if the removal happened five years ago."

Will General Lee ever ride again?

Our "inclusive" military will now be unstoppable.

Musk is guilty of "instigation" but not those who melted the statue.

The Robert E. Lee statue meets a shameful end.

. . . with the names of blacks.

A Christopher Columbus statue was also taken down.

Standing up for A. P. Hill.

Black woman who inadvertently helped cancer research replaces General Lee.

The previous windows were "antithetical to our call to be a house of prayer for all people."

Even California has a "racist" flag.

A strange mix of tradition and anti-tradition.

Fort A.P. Hill was renamed after a woman doctor.

Who stands for them?

Some lawmakers want to defend their heritage.

Former Democratic senator stands up for Southern heritage.

"We are making changes to remove doubt about our separation from the Confederacy and the Lost Cause."

Make your voice heard.

Both schools are majority black.

Museum plans to use the melted remnants to honor blacks.

"It's not about heritage, not about history, not about anything but intimidation and hate."

State officials claim the seal is not a historic monument.

Robert E. Lee's horse is too racist to be memorialized.

All four renamed schools are majority non-white.

Did women and slaves defeat the Confederacy?

Over 100 retired Army Rangers signed a letter objecting to the change.

The Board of Supervisors claim the names no longer align with the county's values.

"It's an iconic name and iconic base, and we're not gonna let political correctness run amok."

Black soldier replaces a Confederate general.

Virginia city prepares to abolish its heritage.

Hispanic replaces a white man.

"Stimulate your heart, inspire your mind."

It's one of nine Army bases that will be renamed.

It depends on who lost.

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled last year that residents could sue to restore monuments.

A look at William P. Hustwit's biography of the conservative icon.

At least one state honors its forebears.

Fort Pickett will become Fort Barfoot.

What are “American” soldiers supposed to defend?

The U.S.S. Chancellorsville will now be named after a black man.

“It’s our history."

Pickett's last stand.