'Beautiful' Confederate Statues?
Thu., Aug. 17, 2017
By Kevin McCauley
President Trump bemoans loss of "beautiful" Confederate statues and monuments. There is little beauty in what those statues and monuments represent.
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President Trump bemoans loss of "beautiful" Confederate statues and monuments. There is little beauty in what those statues and monuments represent.
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