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Virginia county votes to rename highways named after Confederate leaders
The board of supervisors in Virginia's Fairfax County have voted to rename two highways named after Confederate leaders. The county board voted 9-1 on Tuesday to recommend calling Lee Highway and Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway in the Washington, D.C., suburbs by their federal highway numbers — Route 29 and Route 50, respectively, The Washington Post reported. Supervisor Pat Herrity, the group's only Republican, voted against the measure, according to the Post. The decision now awaits final approval by the state transportation board. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors first asked a county history commission in July 2020 to create an inventory of street names, monuments and publ

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