Florida city votes down resolution to remove Confederate statues

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The Jacksonville, Florida, City Council voted 13-6 Tuesday to defeat a resolution that would have seen the city remove all of its Confederate monuments.

At least $500,000 would have been allocated to remove such controversial statues as the Daughters of the Confederacy monument and a pillar commemorating Confederate soldiers.

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