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Virginia Military Institute removes Confederate statue

by Sarah Rankin
| December 7, 2020 7:48 AM

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Military Institute removed a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on Monday, a project initiated this fall after allegations of systemic racism roiled the public college.

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