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Confederate Flags Policy Raised at Eureka Springs Cemetery Commission Meeting

By Kyle Kellams
Published August 18, 2020 at 1:26 PM CDT
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Nearly 50 Confederate flags have been placed in the Eureka Springs Cemetery by an outside Neo-Confederate group.
J. Froelich

A proposal by Eureka Springs City Council Member Harry Meyer to strictly limit Confederate flag decorations in the town cemetery was met by angry opposition at a cemetery commission meeting last week. The proposal aims to stop a Neo-Confederate group from placing permanent Confederate flags on Confederate veterans' graves. 

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Jacqueline Froelich
Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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