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Confederate memorial rededicated amid black protests in Maryland
In Ellicott City about 150 descendants of Civil War veterans rededicated a granite memorial honoring 92 local soldiers as 75 protesters, mostly Black, marched by. Police kept groups apart while supporters urged pride in history and critics warned the ceremony celebrated hatred.
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Ellicott City
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Elliott Cummings
Baltimore
Army of
Northern Virginia
John Wright
First Baptist Church of
Griffin
William Donald Schaefer
Glendening
Howard County
Joseph Bach
Hagerstown
Col
William Norris