US spends millions to protect Confederate graves and cemeteries

By ​Jim Salter and Blake Nelson

Jim Salter, correspondent, St. Louis, and Blake Nelson, legislative relief reporter, Jefferson City, Missouri, for using freedom of information requests to wrest details from a recalcitrant Veterans Administration to reveal that the government quietly is spending millions of dollars to provide security, including in some cases round-the-clock protection, at Confederate cemeteries. https://bit.ly/2yyU5dd