Mississippi treads carefully as it commemorates Civil War

Sunday, August 19, 2012

JACKSON, Miss. -- Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War can be an angst-filled task in Mississippi, with its long history of racial strife and a state flag that still bears the Confederate battle emblem.

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