A whipping post at a public plaza in Delaware was removed to fanfare on Wednesday after historians and activists decried its presence as a reminder of systemic racism and injustice. A crowd gathered ...

GEORGETOWN, Delaware (WPVI) -- An eight-foot tall whipping post has been removed from outside the Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown, Delaware. The Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs (HCA ...

Dozens of people gathered Wednesday morning outside the Old Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown as crews worked to take down what's believed to be the state's last whipping post on public display.

GEORGETOWN, Del. (CBS) -- Delaware officials will remove a whipping post from public display at the Old Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown. Officials are removing the whipping post in response to ...

Delaware was the last state to abolish the use of the whipping post as a form of legal punishment in 1972. Now the final remaining post on public display will be removed. The whipping post in ...

GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) — An 8-foot (2.4 meters) tall whipping post was removed from a Delaware county courthouse square Wednesday after activists said the post was a reminder of racial discrimination.