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Confederate statue removed from downtown Winston-Salem headed to Valor Park in Denton [Video]

UP. MICHELLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WINSTON-SALEM’S MAYOR CONFIRMS TONIGHT THAT THE CONFEDERATE STATUE THAT USED TO BE DOWNTOWN IS HEADED TO DENTON. ALLEN JOINS, SAYS THE 1905 MONUMENT WILL BE TAKEN 40 MILES SOUTH TO VALOR PARK. WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN OR HOW MUCH THE MOVE WILL COST. THE STATUE OF A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER IN UNIFORM HOLDING A RIFLE WAS REMOVED FROM FOURTH AND LIBERTY BACK IN 2019. CITY LEADERS CALLED IT A SAFETY HAZARD AFTER IT WAS VANDALIZED A

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