Confederate Painting in Mississippi Capitol Must Go, Senator Says
A painting of two generals raising a Confederate flag remains memorialized in the Mississippi Capitol rotunda’s dome. A senator wants it removed.
A painting of two generals raising a Confederate flag remains memorialized in the Mississippi Capitol rotunda’s dome. A senator wants it removed.
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