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A bill is being considered in Alabama to prevent the removal of monuments that have been in place for at least 20 years. The bill, SB60, is seen as a reaction to recent removal of confederate monuments. SB60 was introduced by Republican state senator Gerald Allen in March and has already passed several preliminary votes […]

Lawmakers in Missouri create extremely different suggestions designed to respond to discussion over Confederate monuments in the state. Senator Nasheed from St. Louis proposes that all Confederate monuments in Missouri are transferred to Higginsville, and that Confederate flags be disallowed from state property. On the other hand, Osceola’s Representative Love proposes that there first be

A flag may not seem like something that would be hidden for hundreds of years but come to find out it likely had a very strong symbolism to those who put them away. Colorful, powerful, and proud these flags may have shown that whoever put them there fought for what they believed in and protected

Two representatives from South Carolina have proposed a bill that would honor African-American soldiers that fought on the side of the Confederacy during the Civil War. They are also striving for teachers to teach more about the African-Americans that fought on the side of the Confederacy during the war instead of just those that fought

Local government officials, park boards and historical commission members will want to read this and watch the accompanying video. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and City Attorney Bruce McMullen describe how the city of Memphis, Tennessee, dealt with long-standing Confederate statues in its public parks. Strategic planning, moving quickly before state laws were enacted that made

There are ten picket posts that have made the top ten list in 2017. The Hunley and the USS Monitor were both very famous because they were used in the Civil War. The USS Monitor Turret is another one that made the list. The plan for this turret is to eventually turn it right side

Some vandals have covered a Nathan Bedford Forrest statue with pink paint. The statue can be found in the middle of Tennessee. This is the second time in four months that this has happened. This is part of a growing trend of people that like to vandalize statues that depict Confederate soldiers. This monument has

Hernando County has built a fence in order to protect a Confederate statue that sits there. The country has debated for a long time about whether, or not Confederate statues should remain in public places. There have been rumors that an anti confederate group was planning on taking down a few monuments. A lot of

A Johnny Reb Confederate flag now has a new home in the state of Florida. A Confederate statue was recently removed from a downtown park in a major city in Florida. The statue is now in the city of Orlando. The memorial is 106 years old and people wanted to move it because they think

A legal officer has said that a Confederate monument can be moved from its location, but that it must remain in sight, so that people can still look at it. State law prohibits the removal of these monuments. The idea of taking the monument down is a racially charged issue. There are opinions on both