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Something to celebrate! Maybe burn a few appropriate flags as well.
Confederate monuments being removed in New Orleans
New Orleans workers in bullet-proof vests have removed a Confederate monument that officials say was a symbol of the formerly slave-owning US South's racist past.
The removal - which took place around 01:30 local time - was done by workers wearing face masks and bullet-proof vests as armed police kept watch.
New Orleans workers in bullet-proof vests have removed a Confederate monument that officials say was a symbol of the formerly slave-owning US South's racist past.
The removal - which took place around 01:30 local time - was done by workers wearing face masks and bullet-proof vests as armed police kept watch.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39698707
