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struggle4progress

(118,293 posts)
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 10:17 AM Jul 2015

Disney World removes Confederate flag from Epcot display

By Sandra Pedicini
Orlando Sentinel
July 8, 2015

Walt Disney World has joined the list of businesses and governments distancing themselves from the Confederate flag. The resort has removed a version of the Confederate banner from a flag display in Epcot's American Adventure. Disney acknowledged it took down the flag recently but would not comment further ...

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/os-disney-confederate-flag-epcot-down-20150708-story.html

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Disney World removes Confederate flag from Epcot display (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2015 OP
Irony of Bill Cosby and the conferate flag on the same ash heap at disney nt HFRN Jul 2015 #1
Doesn't context have some bearing exboyfil Jul 2015 #2
As Epcot removed a flag rather than an army, what then is the precise relevance of your most-sincere LanternWaste Jul 2015 #4
I thought it was a the diaroma exboyfil Jul 2015 #5
As a frequent visitor to WDW, this is great news Gothmog Jul 2015 #3

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
2. Doesn't context have some bearing
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 10:29 AM
Jul 2015

It is one thing to fly it as part of your flag (Mississippi) or on state grounds, but what about the context of a display of Confederate Armies? My favorite game as a kid was The Blue and the Gray - would that survive the current scrutiny?

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
4. As Epcot removed a flag rather than an army, what then is the precise relevance of your most-sincere
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:38 PM
Jul 2015

As Epcot removed a flag rather than an army, what then is the precise relevance of your most-sincere query?

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
5. I thought it was a the diaroma
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 01:04 PM
Jul 2015

showing two Armies facing off. I have now seen a picture showing it was being displayed with other historical flags - some of which I did not recognize. Showing my ignorance of American history but a flag with a crown in the left corner with alternating black, red, and white vertical stripes (a colony flag at the time?).

Interesting when you look at state flags - Hawaii has an Union Jack in the upper left.

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