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South Dakota Town’s Civil War Festival Is a Big WTF

WAVING BOTH FLAGS

The state didn’t even exist the time of the war, but it’s holding a weekend of re-enactments, complete with the Confederate banner.

Tom Lawrence
Tom Lawrence
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Tom Lawrence

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