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New Gloucester group calls on AMVETS to stop using Confederate flag

The group also held its first monthly anti-racism rally last Saturday at Coolidge Family Farm on Lewiston Road.

|Emily Bader, Lakes Region Weekly|

NEW GLOUCESTER — The newly formed BLM Allies of New Gloucester has called upon the local AMVETS post to stop displaying the Confederate flag during the Memorial Day Parade.

The group held its first Black Lives Matter rally with about 40 participants last Saturday at the Coolidge Family Farm on Lewiston Road. The demonstration marked two months since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, an event that has prompted Black Lives Matter protests nationwide. Keep reading