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View south along SR 110 in Arlington, Virginia (Famartin via Wikimedia Commons)

Va.’s Jefferson Davis Highway to be Renamed

by WI Guest Author May 23, 2019December 21, 2021

A 2½-mile strip of roadway in Arlington, Va., known as Jefferson Davis Highway is slated for a name change by Oct. 1.

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D.C. Officials Want Confederate Statues Removed

by Stacy M. Brown August 30, 2017October 31, 2020

Mitch Landrieu Calls for Removal of New Orleans’ Confederate Symbols

by Washington Informer July 10, 2015October 30, 2020