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New Hampshire Court To Consider Sununu’s Removal of Historical Marker Remembering Prominent American Communist

Supporters are suing to have a historical marker of activist Elizabeth Gurley Flynn’s birthplace put back in place.

Kathy McCormack via AP, file
A historical marker dedicated to Elizabeth Gurley Flynn at Concord, New Hampshire, May 5, 2023. Kathy McCormack via AP, file
RUSSELL PAYNE
RUSSELL PAYNE

A legal battle is brewing in New Hampshire over a historical marker erected alongside a highway to commemorate a feminist and labor organizer, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, which was taken down at the behest of Governor Sununu just weeks after being put up.

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RUSSELL PAYNE
RUSSELL PAYNE

Mr. Payne is a political reporter at The New York Sun. He covers a broad range of topics including New York State and New York City.

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