Sons of Confederate Veterans denied use of chapel at Washington & Lee University

Khiree Stewart
POSTED: 09:30 PM EDT Aug 18, 2015

LEXINGTON, Va. - ... a member of the Stonewall Brigade of the Sons of Confederate Veterans ... applied to hold a ceremony on Lee-Jackson Day here at the Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University. A few weeks later, he received a notice in the mail rejecting the organization's request to use the chapel. Wilmore says the group has been holding the ceremony there for 14 years and he's shocked the request was denied ... The school's communications director emailed us a copy of the letter it sent ... It states the usage is not in the best interests of the university and is not appropriate for Lee Chapel. It goes on to say the school does not schedule events in Lee Chapel anymore for external groups outside its mission or those that do not have affiliation with the University ...

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