A senator from Alabama wants to protect statues and memorials. The senator is a republican from Tuscaloosa. The bill that will protect that memorials and statues is called the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act. The senator has sponsored similar bills over the past two years. This bill will be applicable to monuments that are over 50 […]
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Lawmakers say that the flag will likely survive. This is not the American flag, but the Mississippi state flag. There is not a lot of consensus on the issue, so it is something that will likely fade away. There are many different opinions on the flag. Some people think it needs updating while others like
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The Confederate Memorial is home to thousands of dead confederate soldiers. Back when the cemetery was created, the families of the fallen solders could not decorate the graves of their loved ones. In extreme cases, they were even denied entry into the cemetery. Many lives were lost in the civil war and each life meant
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To some, it’s a symbol of racism and hatred. But to the majority of Mississippi voters, it’s a piece of history, and one worth preserving in the state’s controversial flag. On Tuesday, voters in the state overwhelmingly decided to keep their flag as is with the stars and bars in the upper left corner making
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A clerk of court says he will return a Confederate flag and portraits of Confederate generals to the York County courthouse after being told he was breaking the law by removing them. Clerk of Court David Hamilton originally said he was removing the items taken down during a renovation because everyone should feel like they
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A teacher who displayed the Confederate flag to middle schoolers in his history class was forced to retire amid concerns that he was displaying a symbol of hate. 70-year-old Sutter Middle School (Folsom, CA) teacher Woody Hart hanged both a Confederate flag and a Union flag during his lesson on the Civil War. Teacher, 70, Forced
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This blog expresses its true purpose of restoring the honor and the history of the Confederate flag. They aim to bring knowledge to those who have forgotten the true purpose of the flag and the intent of its soldiers. They believe that many have discarded the flags importance in American history and others who disregard
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A proposed law in Mississippi would remove accreditation from any school that refuses to fly the state flag, a flag that includes the Confederate stars and bars in the upper left corner. Many Mississippi schools in majority black neighborhoods have flaunted this rule because they see this flag’s imagery as symbolic of racism. New Mississippi bill
Charlottesville, VA city councilman Bob Fenwick announced that he intends to vote for the removal of the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from Lee Park. Lawmakers denied the local government from damaging or removing war monuments in 1998, but some argue that the protection only covers monuments that were built after the law
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South Carolina’s Heritage Act means that a Confederate flag will remain in a courtroom. The issue has been ongoing in York County, South Carolina. The plan from a County Clerk of Court, David Hamilton, was to leave the flag in the building but remove it from the courtroom. A formal review by state lawmakers found
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