A whipping post at a public plaza in Delaware was removed to fanfare on Wednesday after historians and activists decried its presence as a reminder of systemic racism and injustice. A crowd gathered ...

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The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs had announced plans Tuesday to take down the post, which was installed in September 1993, noting that it signified “violence and racial ...

Delaware has removed its last whipping post, which stood outside a Sussex County courthouse in Georgetown. The Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs said the eight-foot-tall post had been used ...

Delaware officials are set to remove a whipping post that was historically used to hold people as they were publicly lashed for committing crimes. The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural ...

GEORGETOWN, Del. (CBS) -- Delaware officials will remove a whipping post from public display at the Old Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown. Officials are removing the whipping post in response to ...