Outrage over Confederate Flag
History books, the media, the school systems, etc abound in falsehoods and inaccuracies of Confederate and Southern history. This fact sheet will help to clarify and dispell some of these rampant inaccuracies. MYTH - The War of 1861 - 1865 was fought over slavery. FACT - Terribly untrue. The North fought the war [...]
Nathan Bedford Forrest founded the Ku Klux Klan! Forrest was the Grand Wizard of the KKK! Whenever a controversy concerning Confederate cavalry general Nathan Bedford Forrest arises these statements are sure to appear in print, in electronic media, and on broadcast news.[1] These statements have been repeated so often that they have been accorded the [...]
County will give 'Old Joe' Confederate statue to museum In this July 9 file photo, Jeanne Galligan, right, argues with a man who did not want to give his name about the removal of a Confederate statue outside the Alachua County Administration building in Gainesville. Matt Stamey/Gainesville Sun By April Warren Staff writer After [...]
School asks students not to display Confederate flag Associated Press8:22 a.m. EDT September 23, 2015 Hastings school district asks students not to have symbol on their vehicles or clothing during school hours. (Photo: daboost, Getty Images, iStockphoto) 663CONNECT 23TWEETLINKEDIN 79COMMENTEMAILMORE HASTINGS, Mich. — A school district in western Michigan has asked students not to display [...]
Friday, September 25, 2015 History must be purged! This past week our local “big town” newspaper, The Gainesville Daily Worker Sun published an editorial calling for the renaming of the Alachua County Public Schools Administrative Center. The center is named for Edmund Kirby-Smith, Confederate General, Educator, and proud son of Florida. I’ll spare you the [...]
Dozens support Confederate flag at school meeting Buy Now Nick Mariano, The Southern Harrisburg school students gathered Tuesday night at the middle school with plans to address school board members over the Confederate flag. September 22, 2015 9:45 pm • By Nick Mariano (18) Comments HARRISBURG — Trenton Byrd has been wearing a Confederate flag belt [...]
HERITAGE ALERT IN DALLAS, TX Columnist asks “When will the Dallas Schools do the right thing and get rid of Confederate names?” http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/09/when-will-dallas-schools-do-the-right-thing-and-get-rid-of-confederate-names.html/ Sharon Grigsby is the author of the article and she can be reached by e-mail at sgrigsby@dallasnews.comRemember Southerners should be respectful and considerate with those people who disagree with us. We are [...]
Subject: Va Flaggers: Confederate Air Force Takes Flight in the Capital of the Confederacy To: Last week, a group known as "The Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality" announced that they would hold a press conference at the Jefferson Davis Monument in Richmond, on the opening day of the UCI Bike Races, easily the largest [...]
Confederate flag supporters will host rally at Christiansburg H.S. By Duke Carter - Reporter Published: September 20, 2015, 8:54 pm Updated: September 21, 2015, 2:24 pm Christiansburg High School student Sam Sheppard, left, displays a Confederate flag while fellow student Andrew Love displays another flag in a shopping center parking lot after being suspended from [...]
It Can All Hang Out In Fort Smith Public Schools But the Confederate Flag Posted on September 19, 2015 5 by Al Benson Jr. The city of Fort Smith, Arkansas may be familiar to many people. It has been pictured in many Western movies. It is the city where Judge Isaac Parker, the “hanging judge” presided [...]
