Rally attendees decry Confederate flag sales at fair (OH)

Katherine Nix | The Chronicle-Telegram
Published on Aug. 22, 2016 | Updated 6:34 a. m

... “This flag is not what I fought in Vietnam for,” Felton said. “How can people think this is a legacy worth celebrating? Why would we want to celebrate and promote a legacy that championed enslaving others?”

This is the second year the Fair Board’s decision to permit the sale of the Confederate flag at the weeklong event has caused controversy ...

“It’s a flag that flew when they were going into battle,” <State Rep. Dan Ramos> said. “They took up that flag when they were going to kill soldiers from Lorain County ...

“Where I came from, if you displayed the Confederate flag, it meant you were a member of the (Ku Klux) Klan or someone in your family was,” <Rev. Paul Wilson> said. “I get that people have the right to sell or display this flag, which serves as a symbol of racism. But they shouldn’t be doing it at the fair. It shouldn’t be under my name, yours or Lorain County’s” ...

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