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Confederate Monuments In Missouri: How To Remember The Losers

Jenny Simeone-Casas
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St. Louis Public Radio
A debate is swirling in St. Louis, Missouri over whether to removal a controversial Confederate monument in Forest Park.

As Confederate monuments come down in New Orleans, people in other states across the country are considering similar memorials in their own backyards. On this episode, one Midwestern state deals with its own Confederate history.

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Music: "Headlights/Mountain Road," "Milkwood," "Cobweb Transit," "MKNT," and "In Passage" by Blue Dot Sessions; all have been edited for length.

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