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Omaha Steve

(99,764 posts) Mon Jul 20, 2015, 10:57 PM Jul 2015

Union County board approves plan linked to Confederate flag

Source: Charlotte Observer

BY ADAM BELL

MONROE
Union County commissioners approved a plan Monday night that could allow the Confederate flag to fly in Monroe under certain circumstances.

The county was drawn into the hot-button issue last month after it removed small Confederate battle flags planted without permission at the base of its Confederate soldiers memorial. That 1910 obelisk, erected during the Jim Crow era, stands in front of the Old County Courthouse in downtown Monroe.

In a 3-2 vote, commissioners approved a resolution by vice chair Stony Rushing that designates the old courthouse and its grounds as a museum. It also directs county staff to work with local historic groups involved with the Heritage Room at the courthouse to develop policies for displaying artifacts, promoting use of the property and protecting the structure.

There was no mention of the Confederate flag during a brief debate on the issue.

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Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article27965914.html

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Union County board approves plan linked to Confederate flag (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jul 2015 OP

Something odd about a county called Union flying confederate flags rpannier Jul 2015 #1

That's a good point! moose65 Jul 2015 #2

rpannier

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1. Something odd about a county called Union flying confederate flags

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 11:12 PM

Jul 2015

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Board chair Richard Helms disagreed. He said monuments at the site recognize sacrifices by county residents dating to the Revolutionary War

Does that mean that they have monuments to the men and women who supported the British in the American Revolution
He does say later, the good, the bad, the ugly

moose65

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2. That's a good point!

Reply to rpannier (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 21, 2015, 10:59 AM

Jul 2015

And I really never thought about that before: do we even HAVE any monuments to the British who died in the Revolution? Does the British flag fly over any government property in the United States? I think it's a great comparison! After all, a lot of US citizens have British heritage, so we could even make the "heritage" argument, right??

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