Delaware leaders make no moves to oust Confederate monument

As the national conversation heats up again over whether Confederate statues and flags are neutral historical relics or glorifications of racism and slavery, the Delaware Confederate Monument, with its Confederate flag waving proudly on private property in Georgetown, appears safe for now.

Asked about the future of the monument Monday, Delaware Gov. John Carney said: "I think the Confederate flags that are flying across the South and different places like Georgetown misrepresent the history — they've been a way of rewriting the history since Civil War times and I think we ought to follow the lead of South Carolina and take them down."

Carney spokesman Jonathan Starkey clarified the governor's statement Tuesday, explaining that Carney thinks it's "inappropriate to display a Confederate flag on public property" as a symbol of our country's "history with racism and injustice."

But "Delawareans have a right to display flags on their private property, even in cases where those flags are offensive to most people," Starkey said.

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