An art exhibit featuring a lynched Confederate flag opened Friday evening amid heavy security at host Gettysburg College and without the artist, who stayed away in protest. About 250 people lined up for the opening of "Recoloration Proclamation: The Gettysburg Redress," which featured 23 versions of the Confederate flag -- including one made with a feather boa -- along with a jazz version of "Dixie" and a version of Sarasota, Fla., artist John Sims' rewriting of the Gettysburg Address. One display, entitled "the proper way to hang a confederate flag" will show a Confederate battle flag hanging from a noose attached to a wooden beam. Many of those standing in line to see the exhibit were college students, including Stephanie Davies, 20, of Wilton, Conn., a junior psychology major. "It's kind of weird to have something like this happen on our campus," Davies said. "A lot of people don't really understand the point of it." [more
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