And it continues
Jun 26, 2015 11:51:10 GMT -5
Post by Michael Downing on Jun 26, 2015 11:51:10 GMT -5
ncrenegade.com/editorial/update-historic-beaufort-church-removes-confederate-battle-flags-from-grounds/
Update: Historic Beaufort church removes Confederate battle flags from grounds
The Parish Church of St. Helena will replace Confederate battle flags decorating soldiers’ graves with a different Confederate flag in response to last week’s massacre in Charleston, the church’s pastor said in a parish newsletter.
The Rev. Jeffrey Miller wrote in a newsletter Wednesday that the battle flags in the historic Beaufort church’s graveyard will be replaced by the first national Confederate flags. Battle flags have adorned the graves of Confederate soldiers buried in the churchyard to honor the Civil War veterans, but after the events in Charleston, that flag’s purpose could be misunderstood, Miller said.
“As most of you know, it is this very flag that decorates the graves of Confederate soldiers in our historic churchyard, and I fear that our motivation for allowing its presence — namely to honor the memory of the Confederate dead — is going to be grossly misunderstood in the current climate,” Miller wrote in the newsletter.
Miller said Thursday about 70 battle flags were removed from graves in the historic churchyard. Replacement flags for the gravestones still need to be purchased, he said.
ncrenegade.com/editorial/vandals-target-confederate-monuments-in-half-dozen-states/
Vandals target Confederate monuments in half-dozen states
Vandals have targeted monuments dedicated to the leaders and soldiers of the Confederacy, painting the slogan “Black lives matter” on memorials in a half-dozen states where the landmarks stand tall in parks and outside government buildings.
The graffiti reflects the racial tension that permeates post-Ferguson America, more than a week after a white man was accused of shooting and killing nine black congregants at a Charleston, South Carolina, church.
Michael Allen, a lecturer in American culture studies at Washington University in St. Louis, compared the vandalism to the toppling of statues in Russia at the end of the Soviet empire.
ncrenegade.com/editorial/memphis-mayor-wants-to-dig-up-general-nathan-bedford-forrest/
Memphis Mayor Wants to Dig Up General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton wants to dig up the bodies of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife and remove them from a city park in the latest and perhaps most despicable example of the anti-Southern cleansing spreading across the nation.
“Which African-American wants to have a picnic in the shadow of Nathan Bedford Forrest?” Wharton said in a Thursday press briefing.
In addition to desecrating the graves, Wharton wants to tear down a massive statue honoring the Confederate general who was involved in organizing the Ku Klux Klan. The bodies of Forrest and his wife would be relocated to a cemetery
Update: Historic Beaufort church removes Confederate battle flags from grounds
The Parish Church of St. Helena will replace Confederate battle flags decorating soldiers’ graves with a different Confederate flag in response to last week’s massacre in Charleston, the church’s pastor said in a parish newsletter.
The Rev. Jeffrey Miller wrote in a newsletter Wednesday that the battle flags in the historic Beaufort church’s graveyard will be replaced by the first national Confederate flags. Battle flags have adorned the graves of Confederate soldiers buried in the churchyard to honor the Civil War veterans, but after the events in Charleston, that flag’s purpose could be misunderstood, Miller said.
“As most of you know, it is this very flag that decorates the graves of Confederate soldiers in our historic churchyard, and I fear that our motivation for allowing its presence — namely to honor the memory of the Confederate dead — is going to be grossly misunderstood in the current climate,” Miller wrote in the newsletter.
Miller said Thursday about 70 battle flags were removed from graves in the historic churchyard. Replacement flags for the gravestones still need to be purchased, he said.
ncrenegade.com/editorial/vandals-target-confederate-monuments-in-half-dozen-states/
Vandals target Confederate monuments in half-dozen states
Vandals have targeted monuments dedicated to the leaders and soldiers of the Confederacy, painting the slogan “Black lives matter” on memorials in a half-dozen states where the landmarks stand tall in parks and outside government buildings.
The graffiti reflects the racial tension that permeates post-Ferguson America, more than a week after a white man was accused of shooting and killing nine black congregants at a Charleston, South Carolina, church.
Michael Allen, a lecturer in American culture studies at Washington University in St. Louis, compared the vandalism to the toppling of statues in Russia at the end of the Soviet empire.
ncrenegade.com/editorial/memphis-mayor-wants-to-dig-up-general-nathan-bedford-forrest/
Memphis Mayor Wants to Dig Up General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton wants to dig up the bodies of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife and remove them from a city park in the latest and perhaps most despicable example of the anti-Southern cleansing spreading across the nation.
“Which African-American wants to have a picnic in the shadow of Nathan Bedford Forrest?” Wharton said in a Thursday press briefing.
In addition to desecrating the graves, Wharton wants to tear down a massive statue honoring the Confederate general who was involved in organizing the Ku Klux Klan. The bodies of Forrest and his wife would be relocated to a cemetery