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struggle4progress

(118,273 posts)
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 08:47 AM Aug 2017

Confederate marker removed from San Diego Plaza

Allison Horn
11:32 AM, Aug 16, 2017
6:47 PM, Aug 16, 2017

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A Confederate monument was removed Wednesday from Horton Plaza by City of San Diego crews.

The marker commemorated the Jefferson Davis Highway, named for the Confederate leader, according to the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation.

The marker was installed in Horton Plaza in 1927 and moved to the western sidewalk of the plaza during the 2016 renovation, according to the local division of Daughters of the Confederacy ...

http://www.10news.com/news/confederate-marker-removed-from-horton-plaza

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Confederate marker removed from San Diego Plaza (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2017 OP
Why the heck would CA, or any state, name a highway in memorial onlyadream Aug 2017 #1
Who knew the Daughters of the Confederacy were such busy bees. SharonClark Aug 2017 #2
Massachusetts too underpants Aug 2017 #3

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
2. Who knew the Daughters of the Confederacy were such busy bees.
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 08:50 AM
Aug 2017

Sounds like the effort by the Reagan worshippers to have an monument to him in every state.

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