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- ↑ "Confederate flag to stay over Delaware museum".
- ↑ Fishman, Margie (2017-08-15). "Delaware leaders make no moves to oust Confederate monument". The News Journal . Retrieved 2017-08-30.
- ↑ Tavernise, Sabrina (2017-08-30). "A Boom in Confederate Monuments, on Private Land". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2017-08-30.
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