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Confederate monument fight brewing in Alexandria (LA)
By Ben Myers, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on March 14, 2016 at 11:00 PM, updated March 14, 2016 at 11:03 PM
The Rapides Parish courthouse in Alexandria is the site of the latest showdown over monuments to Confederate soldiers ... The Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, comprising African American lawyers, is asking the parish to take down a Confederate monument .. in front of the courthouse ...
The Rapides Parish Police Jury .. might delay action until the Louisiana legislature determines the fate of ... the Louisiana Heritage Protection Commission ...
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/03/confederate_monument_fight_bre.html