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A statue of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney — author of the Dred Scott ruling in 1857 that reaffirmed slavery and denied citizenship to blacks — was removed last month from Maryland's State House grounds. (Associated Press/File)

Larry Hogan, Maryland governor, stirs debate over statue removal

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

This photo shows the empty pedestal of the Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. &quot;Stonewall&quot; Jackson monument in Wyman Park early Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, after workers took it and several other Confederate monuments down overnight in the city. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Mayor: Baltimore statues came down ‘quietly, quickly’

By JULIET LINDERMAN - Associated Press

August 10, 1821: Missouri granted statehood.

W. SCOTT LAMB: Missouri granted statehood on this date in 1821

By W. Scott Lamb