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Claiming they never wanted all the attention, some groups maintain they’ve been thrust on the stage that is the Confederate flag ban debate in Lexington in order to protect their rights, while others seem all too ready to take advantage of the spotlight. The Lexington Police Department confirmed it obtained several calling cards and...
Live Oak — A group of people displaying Confederate flags on private property across the street from Suwannee High School, within view of students, caused a disturbance on campus this morning, SHS principal Ted Roush said. It is not yet clear if the group displaying the flags in the parking lot of Johnson’s Radio...
here is nothing particularly new about the recent story out of Tennessee, about a girl who was turned away from her prom because her dress looked like a Confederate flag. These sorts of obnoxious acts arise from time to time, often motivated less by overt racism than by misguided loyalties or an urge to...
About 30 people came out to Woodward Cemetary to honor a fallen soldier from 150 years ago. It’s a part of a Confederate Memorial day. Folks dressed up in confederate uniforms and listened to a reading about James T. Woodward, who is buried at the cemetary. The group’s commander, Steve Scroggins, says it’s important...
No, this was not an attempt of the “South Rising” again. But a group of 13 from “up north” were held captive in an elevator atop the Jefferson Davis Monument, in Hopkinsville, KY, for just more than an hour Saturday morning. Firefighters were able to reach the tourist group from Illinois, and all 13...
- A welcome sign is supposed to give visitors a good first impression, but a proposed sign in Myrtle Beach is already stirring controversy because of the Confederate Flag one group wants to put on it. The group is called the Myrtle Beach Sons of Confederate Veterans. It asked city council for permission to...
When Matthew Newcomb started flying the Confederate flag in the bed of his truck, he was admittedly doing what he thought was “cool,” going along with what a few of his friends were doing. But flying that flag — which Newcomb, 17, believes is wrongly perceived in the U.S. as a symbol of racism...
This Saturday, the Sons of ConfederateVeterans invite residents throughout the region to take a step back into history with the dedication of a statue of a confederate soldier at the Parks Cemetery Ridge ConfederateMemorial Plaza in Trimble. The statue was cast by Dave Faulkner and John Abernathy from the same mold used for the bronze version on the...
A senior at Gibson County High School in Tennessee was kicked out of her prom last Saturday for wearing a dress that resembled the Confederate battle flag, according to The Jackson Sun. School officials told 18-year-old Texanna Edwards that she could not wear the “offensive and inappropriate” dress, but she could change and come back...
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln fraternity is under investigation after about 30 members marched around campus with a Confederate flag. University employee Rebecca Carr told the Lincoln Journal Star (http://bit.ly/IZcmvX) that she witnessed the march Monday afternoon and saw the men from Delta Tau Delta dressed in camouflage toting the flag and singing “The Star...
