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Virginia Military Institute removing Confederate statue

by Sarah Rankin
| December 7, 2020 6:12 AM

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Military Institute began work Monday to remove a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, an effort initiated this fall after allegations of systemic racism roiled the school.

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