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Talbot County Council Votes to Keep Confederate Statue (MD)
By DON RUSH • 15 HOURS AGO
The Talbot County Council decided for a second time to keep the statue of a confederate soldier known as the Talbot Boys on the county courthouse lawn.
The state had ruled that an earlier decision violated the Open Meetings Act because it took place behind closed doors.
The council members said that they believed they had taken the sentiments of the community into consideration along with the history of the statue.
Richard Potter, president of the Talbot County branch of the NAACP, vowed to fight on to remove the statue ...
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