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Confederate flag causing controversy in Maryland
By Jessica Anderson March 25 at 7:02 PM
A confederate flag placed on private property behind a St. Mary’s welcome sign this week is causing some controversy in the southern Maryland county ... St. Mary’s County officials said it’s not on county property or attached to the county sign ... “No further action .. will be taken since it is on private property, and the property owner is exercising his right under the First Amendment,” O’Connor said ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/south-carolinas-confederate-flag-is-now-causing-controversy-in-maryland/2016/03/25/86458580-f2c2-11e5-a61f-e9c95c06edca_story.html