According to AJC.com, holidays honoring Confederate soldiers and General Robert E. Lee have been removed from Georgia’s official state calendar and are now simply listed as “state holidays.” “Those so inclined can observe Confederate Memorial Day and remember those who died,” said a spokesperson for Gov. Nathan Deal.
In this AP file photo from May 2000, activists watch, in front of the South Carolina Statehouse, as the Confederate flag burns; on the left, a Nazi flag has already been burned. The Confederate flag flew atop the statehouse’s dome until later that year.
Hero Woman Climbs S.C. Statehouse Flagpole to Remove Confederate Flag
On Saturday morning, a North Carolina woman climbed the flagpole outside the South Carolina statehouse and temporarily removed the Confederate flag flying there.
Alarming Statue of a Racist and Horse Perfectly Honors The Confederacy
An allegory of the American South: In 1998, a fierce racist (who also happened to be the former attorney of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassin) named Jack Kershaw created a monument for another bad man, Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest. The resulting statue is so hilariously stupid that we should keep it…
If You Are Or Know This Little Girl, The Museum of the Confederacy Would Like a Word
At long last, Americans can finally do their part to help out the Confederacy, or, anyway, the Museum of the Confederacy.
