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Group starts cleanup on Confederate markers, says it’s not going away

Pacific Northwest Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans looking at adding security

By Adam Littman, Columbian Staff Writer
Published: August 22, 2017, 5:12pm
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Jefferson Davis highway markers were vandalized at Jefferson Davis Park in Ridgefield last week, but the group that maintains the site said they have no plans to take them down or remove them.
Jefferson Davis highway markers were vandalized at Jefferson Davis Park in Ridgefield last week, but the group that maintains the site said they have no plans to take them down or remove them. Andy Bao/The Columbian Photo Gallery

Less than a week after former highway markers honoring Confederate President Jefferson Davis were defaced, members of the organization that maintains the site near Ridgefield have started the cleanup process. They say they have no intention of removing the monuments from Jefferson Davis Park along Interstate 5, but may add security features.

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