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Confederate Flag in Movie Theater Removed

A new movie theater in Fredericksburg has painted over a Confederate flag from a mural after it received complaints.

The Muvico theater includes a Civil-War themed bar and a mural that was painted on a wall of an outside seating area. The mural depicted a U.S. flag on one side, a Confederate flag on the other, and stars, an eagle and other adornments....
Read entire article at MyFoxDC