Emails and text messages obtained by The Associated Press show that Confederate Railroad’s Aug. 27 appearance was canceled by the Agriculture Department just a day after the fair’s lineup was announced June 17.Â
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NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) � An upstate New York county fair appearance by the Southern rock group Confederate Railroad has been scratched after objections over its name and the use of the Confederate flag in its logo.
DU QUOIN (WSIL) � State leaders had a heated exchange over the removal of Confederate Railroad from the Du Quoin State Fair.