(WASHINGTON POST)  Stephanie McCrummen and Elahe Izadi — The Confederate flag on South Carolina’s statehouse grounds came down during a Friday morning ceremony, and it will be placed in a nearby museum.

Members from a South Carolina Highway Patrol honor guard approached the Confederate memorial, and as one turned a lever to lower the flag, the assembled large crowd burst into sustained applause and chanted “U.S.A.!”

Source: Confederate flag comes down on South Carolina’s statehouse grounds – The Washington Post