PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) – The Mt. Olive Pickle Company says it decided to withdraw from the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., after a Confederate flag was included in an exhibit.
The company told Nexstar’s WNCT that they were invited to participate in the North Carolina exhibit.
“We are proud of our North Carolina roots, and we agreed to be a part of an exhibit, as presented to us, that would represent the best of our great state,” the company, based in Mount Olive, North Carolina, said in a statement.
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North Carolina was one of several states that said they would not attend the fair due to budget constraints. However, they were still represented at the 16-day event after companies in the state stepped up, Nexstar Washington correspondent Gabrielle Caracciolo reported…