S.C. House Approves Removing Confederate Flag

S.C. House Approves Removing Confederate Flag

By The Associated Press

The South Carolina House approved a bill early Thursday morning taking down the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds, a stunning reversal in a state that was the first to leave the Union in 1860.

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Via: http://www.npr.org/2015/07/09/421352552/s-c-house-approves-removing-confederate-flag?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=politics

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