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Juneteenth Marchers Demand Removal of "The Talbot Boys" Statue

Delmarva Public Media | By Don Rush

Published June 21, 2021 at 10:36 AM EDT

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Protesters with Sign Next to The Talbot Boys Statue

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Protesters Call for Removal of Confederate Statue

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African American Teenager with American Flag

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White Teenager with American Flag

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Protester with Sign

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Protester with Can't Breath T-Shirt

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Delegate Sharee Sample-Hughes (D-MD) at Protest

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Protester with Sign

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Richard Potter, President of the Talbot County Branch of the NAACP

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Statue of Frederick Douglass on Courthouse Lawn

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African American Man Declaring Juneteenth his Independence Day

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Sign Calling for Removal of Council Members Over Statue

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Juneteenth Day March Calling for Removal of Confederate Statue

On Saturday hundreds marched on Juneteenth Day calling for the removal of the Confederate Statue "The Talbot Boys" from the courthouse lawn in Easton. Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush reports that while they celebrate such symbolic achievement as a holiday more substantive issues such as voting rights legislation languish in the Senate.