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Crestview's two-decade Confederate battle flag saga ends

City workers on Thursday quietly removed the Confederate flag from its East First Avenue post in Crestview. The rebel flag had fluttered in the city since 1958, when the Crestview Lions Club established a memorial to honor William "Bill" Lundy; he was believed to be Florida's last surviving Civil War veteran. Since then, several members of the Lundy family have taken to social media to question the removal.

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Crestview's two-decade Confederate battle flag saga ends

Published July 14, 2015By archive
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