South Carolina Senate protects nearly all monuments and bans adding QR codes to statues - AP News
Governor Abigail Spanberger signed legislation in Virginia to end Confederate-related benefits, contrasting with South Carolina's new monument protections.
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The South Carolina Senate passed a bill broadening monument protections to include all historical figures and banning QR codes used for modern contextualization, highlighting a partisan divide over how the state honors Confederate and segregationist figures.
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ALSO MENTIONED Danny Verdin, South Carolina State Senator; Darrell Jackson, South Carolina State Senator; Ed Sutton, South Carolina State Senator; John C. Calhoun, Former U.S. Vice President (Historical Figure); Margie Bright Matthews, South Carolina State Senator
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