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Why The National Trust Changed Its Stance On Confederate Statues

VISUAL Posted: June 21, 2020 4:30 am

After the murders in Charleston and in Charlottesville, the National Trust for Historic Preservation encouraged contextualization of monuments to the Confederacy. But now, “we thought long and hard about that and decided that it was really important for us to go ahead and make a firmer statement that when they’re used for the purpose of which they were intended — to glorify, promote and reinforce white supremacy overtly or implicitly, we support their removal.” – Los Angeles Times

VISUAL Published: 06.20.20

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