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Lee descendant urges official removal of Confederate statues

by Associated Press
| July 21, 2020 1:03 PM

Democratic lawmakers and others urged official removal of Confederate monuments at the center of a politically fraught national debate, saying Tuesday that slow action was leading protesters to try to topple statues of defenders of slavery themselves.

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