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Group recommends name change for Jefferson Davis Highway (VA)
By Associated Press August 19 at 11:05 AM
ALEXANDRIA .. could be one step closer to making changes to Confederate tributes around town.
... last year, the city council created a seven-member group to address confederate flags, memorials and roads named after confederates.
The group released a recommendations report Thursday. Among its suggested changes are that the stretch of Jefferson Davis Highway through Alexandria should be renamed ...
The City Council last September agreed to stop flying the Confederate flag on public property ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/group-recommends-name-change-for-jefferson-davis-highway/2016/08/19/5099269c-661e-11e6-b4d8-33e931b5a26d_story.html