South Carolina House Backs Removal of Rebel Flag

Politics and Social Issues
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Well, well, it’s coming down.

Jeffrey Collings The Associated Press Published: July 9, 2015 http://www.stripes.com/news/us/south-carolina-house-oks-bill-removing-confederate-flag-from-capitol-1.356970 COLUMBIA, S.C. — More than 50 years after South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the state is getting ready to remove the rebel banner. A bill pulling down the flag from the Capitol's front lawn and the flagpole it flies on passed the South Carolina House early Thursday morning. It should get to Gov. Nikki Haley's desk before the end of the day. The governor promised to sign it quickly, but didn't say exactly when. That's important, because the bill requires the flag be taken down within 24 hours of her pen hitting the paper and shipped to the Confederate Relic Room. ...
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Well, well, it's coming down.
Jeffrey Collings The Associated Press Published: July 9, 2015 http://www.stripes.com/news/us/south-carolina-house-oks-bill-removing-confederate-flag-from-capitol-1.356970 COLUMBIA, S.C. — More than 50 years after South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the state is getting ready to remove the rebel banner. A bill pulling down the flag from the Capitol's front lawn and the flagpole it flies on passed the South Carolina House early Thursday morning. It should get to Gov. Nikki Haley's desk before the end of the day. The governor promised to sign it quickly, but didn't say exactly when. That's important, because the bill requires the flag be taken down within 24 hours of her pen hitting the paper and shipped to the Confederate Relic Room. ...
It's already down, 100+ years too late. Nobody is going to accuse any South Carolinian of being a quick study. Lois