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Visitors to Duke Chapel react to damage on a statue of Robert E. Lee

Aug 17, 2017

Video: Vandals struck the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee outside Duke Chapel on Duke University’s campus sometime Wednesday night or early Thursday Aug. 17, 2016.

Casey Toth ctoth@heraldsun.com

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