Confederate Flag Display Plans Still Uncertain (SC)

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Joyce Koh, wltx 7:11 PM. EST March 31, 2016

Columbia, SC (WLTX)- After the historic takedown of the confederate flag, there's still no decision from lawmakers on how and where the flag will be displayed.

The Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum commission met to discuss the flag's display, but said they're still waiting to see what lawmakers will decide.

"It's so obscure right now as far as where its going to go from here," Chairman George Dorn said. "We do have a fixed set of circumstances with the House but the Senate's just getting started."

Of the two plans currently on the table, the first would cost $3.8 million to expand the current museum ...

http://www.wltx.com/sports/local/confederate-flag-display-plans-still-uncertain/112678703

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1. S.C. Secessionist Party to raise Confederate flag at State House in July

MARCH 31, 2016 8:08 PM
BY ANDREW SHAIN

... The S.C. Secessionist Party plans to raise the Civil War banner during a four-hour rally on July 10, the first anniversary of the flag’s .. removal ...

House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford, D-Richland, added, “This defies logical and common sense. But we don’t regulate crazy” ...

“Our treacherous state Legislature voted to remove it without the consent of the people in our state,” the invitation reads. “We, however, owe this opportunity to them. Without their poor judgment and lack of integrity, we would not have this cause” ...

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article69365652.html