7.10.2015

The confederate battle flag is due to be removed this morning from the South Carolina statehouse lawn…

…with, the New York Times anticipates, "a modicum of solemn pomp.” Which might be somewhat difficult because, the Times notes, "The pole to which the flag is attached appears to have no mechanism — no winch, pulley, or rope — that a person on the ground might use to bring it down."

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