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Confederate Flag Comes Down

NPR
Published June 30, 2000 at 11:00 PM CDT

The Confederate battle flag was retired from the dome of South Carolina's state capital building today. Protests and counterprotests were all part of the scene. NPR's Eric Hochberg has the story from Columbia, South Carolina.

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