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Parting Shot — 5.19.17

Workers prepare to take down the statue of Robert E. Lee, former president of the Confederacy, which stands over 100 feet tall, in Lee Circle in New Orleans Friday. The city is completing the Southern city's removal of four Confederate-related statues that some called divisive. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Workers prepare to take down the statue of Robert E. Lee, former president of the Confederacy, which stands over 100 feet tall, in Lee Circle in New Orleans Friday. The city is completing the Southern city's removal of four Confederate-related statues that some called divisive. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Workers prepare to take down the statue of Robert E. Lee, former president of the Confederacy, which stands over 100 feet tall, in Lee Circle in New Orleans Friday. The city is completing the Southern city's removal of four Confederate-related statues that some called divisive. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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