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bobbieinok

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3. You're so right. Real surprised some put up in Jim Crow era

Reply to Sanity Claws (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 4, 2020, 08:55 AM

Jul 2020

Last edited Sat Jul 4, 2020, 09:26 AM - Edit history (1)

Assumed all were put up just few yrs after Civil War

I had learned somewhere that the confed flag on state flags or on state capitol grounds were put there during the Civil Rights Movement in defiance!

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And the history of the Confederate monuments Sanity Claws Jul 2020 #2

You're so right. Real surprised some put up in Jim Crow era bobbieinok Jul 2020 #3

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It's almost like they don't understand Nature Man Jul 2020 #4