February 10, 2016
City residents address the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Confederate Memorials and Street Names.
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Alexandria: War of Passive Aggression
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Speakers at a city meeting compared the potential plans to de-Confederate Alexandria to everything from the backlash against soldiers returning home to Vietnam to ISIS and the Taliban. At the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Confederate Memorials and Street Names, a public comment section sparked tensions and highlighted a deep divide in how Alexandrians still view a war over 150 years ended.
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