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Tenn. Co.: No Raising Confederate Flag

REJECTED

20-1 vote against flying flag at courthouse.

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While many municipalites and states vote on whether to take down Confederate flags from public property, Tennessee's Greene County voted Monday on a resolution to raise the rebel flag at the local courthouse. Despite a heated debate, the county's commissioners voted 20 to 1 against raising the flag, leaving the bill's sponsor, Commissioner James Randolph, as the lone vote in favor.

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