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Parish votes to keep Confederate statue; Laura topples it

by Associated Press
| August 27, 2020 4:06 PM

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Just days ago, officials in Louisiana's Calcasieu Parish voted not to move a Confederate statue from its prominent place in front of the courthouse. Then Hurricane Laura came along and toppled it.

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