The Dukes of Hazzard‘s most famous props, a 1969 orange Dodge Charger decorated with the confederate flag, has been crushed by a tree felled by Hurricane Ida.The car belonged to the show’s star John Schneider, who owns an entire collection of the confederate flag-sporting automobiles.
This particular model has proved controversial in the past given it was named after American Civil War general Robert E. Lee, widely viewed as a symbol of racism and the country’s slave-holding past.Schneider took to Facebook to share news of the damage to the car, that his character Bo Duke often drove in the show.“When something like this happens you have two choices: Tears and laughter,” he wrote. “I choose laughter.
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