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struggle4progress

(118,281 posts)
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 02:09 PM Jun 2016

US flags removed from Confederate graves on Memorial Day weekend

POSTED 2:02 PM, JUNE 8, 2016, BY CNN WIRES

... Some people don’t believe American flags belong on Confederate graves ...

An unknown person removed 163 U.S. flags from Confederate graves at Shiloh National Military Park over the Memorial Day weekend. Staff discovered the flags were missing on that Saturday and replaced them in time for official ceremonies on Memorial Day (May 30), Superintendent Dale Wilkerson said ...


http://fox2now.com/2016/06/08/u-s-flags-removed-from-confederate-graves-on-memorial-day-weekend-2/

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US flags removed from Confederate graves on Memorial Day weekend (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2016 OP
Would they want to be buried under a US flag? Adsos Letter Jun 2016 #1
Many of their enthusiasts like to claim "They're US veterans" struggle4progress Jun 2016 #2

struggle4progress

(118,281 posts)
2. Many of their enthusiasts like to claim "They're US veterans"
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 02:51 PM
Jun 2016

Whoever accepts that claim shouldn't mind US flags on the graves

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