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Post by the1badger on Apr 3, 2011 18:39:07 GMT -5
Made a little trip south for a couple of days.
Visited the Confederate Memorial Park in Alabama and also got to stop and see the Hermitage.
Three resounding themes that are still ringing true in our time: 1. We MUST defend our states rights at all costs. 2. Nullification may well be the key to our survival as a Republic. 3. The Civil War was NOT about slavery. History continues to be re-written on this one.
I would encourage each of you to write Robert Bentley the governor of Alabama. He is pushing hard to close the memorial. A huge part of our history would be lost if this were to happen. Please write him and encourage him to keep it open.
Governor's Office Mailing Address State Capitol 600 Dexter Avenue Montgomery, Alabama 36130 Governor's Office Telephone Numbers Switchboard: (334) 242-7100 Fax: (334) 353-0004
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Post by brocktownsend on Apr 3, 2011 21:24:28 GMT -5
Do you have a link that I can post and send around about him trying to do this?
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Post by stoner44magnum on Apr 4, 2011 1:34:53 GMT -5
This is all I could find about it. Is this the same park Tim? www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/12568366/article-Confederate-history-park-unscathed-in-budget-battle?Confederate history park unscathed in budget battle by Tim Lockette Assistant Metro Editor Anniston Star Mar 31, 2011 In a year of budget hardship, Alabama’s Confederate Memorial Park is flush with cash, the beneficiary of a state tax set-aside created decades ago. The park gets its money from a Confederate Widows’ Pension Fund which, as late as 2004, was still paying out pension funds. “It’s providential,” said Bill Rambo, director of the park. “I wish other historic sites had such a stable source of funding.” A 102-acre park and museum in Marbury, in the northeast corner of Autauga County, Confederate Memorial Park has five full-time employees and one part-timer and an estimated 30,000 visitors annually. The park received $460,000 in state funding last year, its cut of a one-mill property tax that was set up approximately 100 years ago to keep Confederate veterans from spending their golden years in poverty. Read more: Anniston Star - Confederate history park unscathed in budget battle
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Post by the1badger on Apr 4, 2011 5:26:10 GMT -5
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