Editing Lexington, Virginia (section)

==Controversies==
===Flag controversy===
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In 2011, the city erupted in controversy after the City Council passed an ordinance to ban the flying of flags other than the United States flag, the Virginia Flag, and an as-yet-undesigned city flag on city light poles. Various flags of the [[Confederate flag|Confederacy]] had previously been flown on city light poles to commemorate the Virginia holiday, [[Lee–Jackson Day]], which is observed on the Friday before [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]].<ref name="Associated Press">{{cite web|last=Associated Press|title=Va. city bans public Confederate flag displays|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/va-city-bans-public-confederate-flag-displays/|work=CBS News|access-date=June 14, 2012}}</ref> About 300 Confederate flag supporters, including members of the [[Sons of Confederate Veterans]], rallied before the City Council meeting,<ref name="Adams">{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Duncan|title=Rebel flags barred from Lexington poles|url=http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/297591|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201143614/http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/297591|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|work=Roanoke Times|access-date=June 14, 2012}}</ref> and after the vote the Sons of Confederate Veterans vowed to challenge the new local ordinance in court.<ref name="Associated Press"/> Previously, flags such as the Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute flags had also been flown on city light poles, but the practice is now discontinued due to the city's ordinance.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

In 2014, a large [[Confederate battle flag]] and a number of related state flags were removed from [[Lee Chapel]] at [[Washington and Lee University]]. The flags were moved to a rotating display at the Lee Chapel Museum.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wtvr.com/2014/07/09/virginia-university-to-remove-confederate-flags-from-chapel/|title=Virginia university to remove Confederate flags from chapel|publisher=CNN Wire|date=July 9, 2014|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|title=Washington and Lee University to remove Confederate flags following protests
|last=Shapiro
|first=T. Rees
|date=July 8, 2014
|newspaper=Washington Post
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/washington-and-lee-university-to-remove-confederate-flags-following-protests/2014/07/08/e219e580-06bb-11e4-8a6a-19355c7e870a_story.html
|access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref>

===Red Hen restaurant controversy===
The Red Hen restaurant was the site of the June 22, 2018, precipitating event for the [[Red Hen restaurant controversy]] in which a restaurant co-owner asked [[White House Press Secretary]] [[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]] to leave the restaurant by citing Huckabee Sanders' role in the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]].<ref name=WashPostSelk20180625>{{cite news |last1=Selk |first1=Avi |last2=Murray |first2=Sarah |title=The owner of the Red Hen explains why she asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/06/23/why-a-small-town-restaurant-owner-asked-sarah-huckabee-sanders-to-leave-and-would-do-it-again/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704024309/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/06/23/why-a-small-town-restaurant-owner-asked-sarah-huckabee-sanders-to-leave-and-would-do-it-again/ |archive-date=July 4, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The incident sparked national controversy.<ref name=WashPostSelk20180625/>