Bagging the flag
Posted by Dustin Waters on Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 11:01 AM

Charleston City Council is set to vote on a resolution that if passed would voice city officials’ support for removing the Confederate Naval Jack from The Citadel’s Summerall Chapel.

Protected from removal under the South Carolina Heritage Act, the controversial flag has come under increased scrutiny following last June’s shooting at Emanuel AME Church that claimed the lives of nine African-American parishioners and spurred the removal of the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds in July.

The resolution before City Council cites efforts by Citadel alumni and officials to remove the Confederate Naval Jack from the school’s chapel. The resolution would also call for support of a bill put forth by state Sen. Marlon Kimpson to amend the Heritage Act to allow for the flag to be taken down and placed in a museum. Under current legislation, a two-thirds vote by each branch of the state General Assembly is required to remove “monuments or memorials erected on public property.”

Kimpson’s bill would allow for flags of the American Civil War on display in chapels in public institutions of higher learning to be relocated if approved by the institution’s board of directors. In a decision last June, The Citadel Board of Visitors voted 9 to 3 for removal of the Confederate Naval Jack from the Summerall Chapel ...

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/TheBattery/archives/2016/03/08/city-council-considers-resolution-to-support-removal-of-confederate-flag-from-citadel-chapel

Citadel. She hasn't said anything about this - I wonder how she is feeling? She is living in MO now and we do not get to talk like we used to.

I join those who want the flag moved elsewhere.

in such cases I have always lacked it

I would never have survived any time at school that displayed confederate flags

graduate in an atmosphere that was bad even with the racism. Females were not welcomed at that time.

But yes she is a very strong woman. I am extremely proud of her.