Controversy over Confederate Flag
New Southern Flag Proposed - Yeah, We Think They're Crazy Too - Dixie Outfitters By John Hammontree | jhammontree@al.com on September 29, 2015 at 10:36 AM, updated September 29, 2015 at 10:37 AM Southern pride. In the heated debate surrounding the Confederate Flag, the defense offered by many has been that the symbol isn’t [...]
Southern pride. In the heated debate surrounding the Confederate Flag, the defense offered by many has been that the symbol isn't representative of a culture built on slavery and racism but is, instead, a banner representing that Southerners are simply proud of their home, their people and their culture. "What other symbol immediately lets the [...]
From: 'Patricia S. Godwin' oldsouthrebel@zebra.net [FlagFight] <FlagFight@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 8:23 AM Subject: Re: [FlagFight] Ga SCV Plates To: FlagFight@yahoogroups.com After this hard fought fight, EVERY GEORGIA DIV SCV member should have an SCV tag on at least one of his vehicles! I have said this in Ala for years! We did [...]
Michael Hill posted in League of the South. Michael Hill September 24 at 4:52pm Below is a copy of a speech prepared by Florida LS State Chairman Michael Tubbs to be delivered to the Alachua County Board of Commissioners. The speech is in regards to the proposed [and now, sadly, approved] removal of the monument [...]
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 [...]
