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August 23, 2018

North Carolina to Retain Confederate Statues on State Capitol Grounds
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In North Carolina, the state Historical Commission voted 9 to 2
Wednesday not to remove three Confederate monuments from the grounds of
the state Capitol. This comes just two days after protesters tore down
the so-called "Silent Sam" Confederate statue at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill. We'll have more on the fight over Confederate
monuments later in the broadcast.


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