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Dave Harmon, PW editor
- Mar 12, 2019
- 1 min read

In rare move for North Carolina, city takes down Confederate statue

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A construction crew was preparing to take down a Confederate statue in a North Carolina city Tuesday morning, a rare move in a state where such monuments are largely protected by law.

Two cranes were set up on either side of the statue in Winston-Salem and traffic was blocked on a main downtown thoroughfare.

https://www.citizentribune.com/news/national/confederate-statue-being-removed-in-north-carolina-city/article_ea337f3c-31fd-5502-8534-9a34d7f2b012.html

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