It has become a focus of the Baptist church in Shelby that there are flags that should be of greater importance than others. This church decided to hang a Christian flag above the American flag. The senior pastor believes it displays “Bible based patriotism”. The U.S. has had other concerns with flags such as the […]
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The National Archives Project will allow Jewish soldiers of the civil war to be identified and will be available online in 2017, including photographs and written documents. Currently, records have only been available from “The American Jew as Patriot, Soldier and Citizen”, by Simon Wolfs in 1985, which comprised of a total of 10,000 names;
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In Cottage Grove, Oregon, at their annual Bohemia Mining Days Festival- organizers of the festival asked to not have the Confederate Flag up and said it was inappropriate. Many people spoke up in protest that the flag shouldn’t be taken down. Some said that the flag should be up because it represented southern heritage and
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There are some residents interested in raising money for a monument in Munn Park. The monument is to honor those who served in the Confederate army. Although this is an issue for the town to consider as it would be a positive attribute to the town and bring in visitors; the City Manager Tony Delgado
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A Demopolis police officer is on administrative leave after crashing into the Confederate monument. The incident occurred early in the morning on Saturday July 16th, 2016. The officer was reportedly not hurt from the incident. Demopolis Police Chief Tommie Reese reported on the incident and stated that is under further investigation. No further details are
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The National Museum of Civil War Medicine has spurred controversy by using a Confederate flag in their logo. Destination DC, a local visitor’s guide, asked them to submit an alternative logo. The museum has refused to do so and counters that the work of Confederate medical personnel is an important part of history. Confederate controversy:
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An unnamed Roswell cop was fired on Thursday. On Monday, July 11, the police chief had received a complaint of a house flying the confederate flag with a government-issued Roswell Police Car parked in the driveway. Roswell Police Chief Rusty Grant made the decision to fire the officer who owned the home. Roswell cop allegedly
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The Delaware County Farm Bureau will rethink its entry policy of their July 4th parade after some parade-goers were upset by a vehicle prominently waving the Confederate flag. Before this incident there were no fees to sign up for the parade and floats were not vetted. A march in protest of the incident is being
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Governor Nikki Haley’s office has released over 10,000 emails that were received last year from those angry at the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina’s statehouse. Most of the emails reveal a frustration with the direction the country has been moving, which is something Donald Trump has been able to tap into
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In Antonius Aquinas’ article on the current attempt to ban the Dixie flag, he speaks about the House of Representatives ongoing attempt to pass a bill that would strike down the Confederate flag. He speaks about the Confederate flag only being remembered by it negative connotation but he speaks of its importance due to the
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