Crestview resurrects Confederate flag — for now (FL) [View all]
By THOMAS BONI | News Bulletin
Published: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 10:18 AM.
CRESTVIEW — The city will temporarily reinstall the Confederate battle flag at the William "Bill" Lundy Memorial.
The City Council on Monday voted 2-1 to raise the flag at its former East First Avenue location ...
In addition, the council unanimously set an Aug. 6 special meeting to discuss the monument and rebel flag. The Crestview Lions Club established the memorial in 1958 to honor Bill Lundy, whom many people believe was Florida's last surviving Confederate soldier. However, some people, citing census records, dispute the claim and say he was just 5 years old at the end of the Civil War ...
Since 1996, the City Council has heard numerous requests — particularly from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Okaloosa County branch — to have the flag removed from public property. The challenge, Cadle said, was, "How do we address this situation that polarizes our city every other year? There's no end in sight to it, as everybody knows" ...
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