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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015</h2>
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H.L. Hunley: Scientists peeling away crust on submarine marvel at its craftsmanship</h3>
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<span class="aqj"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Scientists chiseling away decades of sand and shell from the H.L. Hunley are forging a tie to the builders of the historic submarine: A painstaking attention to detail.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="aqj"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Since August 2014, a team of conservators using small tools, including dental chisels and hammers, have been removing concretion coating the exterior.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“It keeps surprising us,” said Nestor Gonzalez, assistant director of </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Clemson University’s Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, S.C.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">You have a very close sense of the attention to detail and the care they put into it," he said. "How the rivets are perfectly flush and the finishing is very high quality.”</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="aqj"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">That work is adding to their knowledge of the craftsmanship that went into the Hunley, which was built for the Confederacy in secret in Mobile, Ala., without the use of blueprints.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="aqj"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Scientists have been looking for any separation of the wrought iron plates that cover the exterior. Such a discovery would indicate the Hunley may have suffered fatal damage when the</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">torpedo it planted into the hull of the Union ship<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>USS Housatonic went off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="aqj"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Confederate government brought the Hunley to Charleston in a bid to help break the Union’s siege on the port city. The eight-member crew that set out for the Housatonic knew the risks.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Five members of the first crew died in August 1863 when it accidentally dived while its hatches apparently were open. The second crew's eight members succumbed in October when the Hunley failed to return to the surface.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">On the moonlit evening of Feb. 17, 1864, the crew of the hand-cranked vessel set off a charge that sent the Federal vessel to the sandy bottom outside Charleston Harbor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Hunley – likened to the shape of a whale -- disappeared from view. What happened to it has become the stuff of legends and research for decades.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">For a long time, one prevailing view held that a lucky shot broke the glass in one of the Hunley’s portholes, bringing in rushing water and causing the sub to sink. But research has not proven that theory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Another scenario holds that the Hunley was swamped by or struck by another Union vessel. Or that it plunged to the sea floor to avoid detection, and never made it back up. A latch on the forward conning tower was found to be not properly locked, adding to the mystery, CNN reported in <b><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/14/travel/civil-war-submarine-hunley/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">a 2014 article</a></b> about the project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In January 2013, officials announced a significant discovery.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Research</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> showed the submarine was less than 20 feet from her 135-pound torpedo when it exploded.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> The effects of the blast may have sent the Hunley to the bottom, where the crew ran out of oxygen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Removing the sediment from the Hunley is a critical component in understanding its construction and what happened.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Last May, scientists immersed the submarine in a bath of toxic sodium hydroxide to help loosen the concretion. The idea is to loosen the sediment, remove as much salt as possible from the wreckage and help protect it from further corrosion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Compatriots,<br /><br />The Budget and Finance Committee will review funding requests prior to the Spring General Executive Council (GEC) meeting. Requests must be received no later than <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1646912480" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Monday, February 2, 2015</span></span> and must be received in one of two formats, to be considered!<br /><br />(1) It is preferred that requests and supporting documentation be sent as attachments to an email message directed to Adjutant-in-Chief Nash (<a href="mailto:nc46e@hotmail.com" shape="rect" style="color: #004db4; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">nc46e@hotmail.com</a>) and Executive Director Landree (<a href="mailto:exedir@scv.org" shape="rect" style="color: #004db4; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">exedir@scv.org</a>).<br /><br />(2) If you send the request and supporting documents in hard-copy format, they must be sent to Adjutant-in-Chief Nash, Executive Director Landree and Army Commanders McCluney, Burbage and Lauret, who also serve on the Budget and Finance Committee. Mailing addresses can be found on the National Committee page at: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0018liPsBf9f4fBOPYg-6YYzkdyJJ3I6RqnOJLQ-Vavv0QGye51ZTmX8Kdk5qDGiBQ_fzsNpdqqKy853UV90hHXKN3qpDGADNwRlhR-2o-xScXrobik-z_1npVGMyJDA0zL09jHVnBrUVkPY5odaPKvS7sV1mhZMWHOxuGDrAGWdIuCbC7y8pLMi4LdnwVloBjyGYYw9ioQitw=&c=0kyEuSHLXdw0lk8SY28p-j6gb9dHV_Eis8PmiEyYBF9csJbT7L63Aw==&ch=jc_0Z-CK05RAaPBFVqJ6TXvQPRJn7njp7XWj8prpop7Rr5LGJlcUeA==" shape="rect" style="color: #004db4; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">http://www.scv.org/<wbr></wbr>committeeView.php?cid=BF</a><br /><br />Those requesting funds should read the Funding Proposal Guidelines found on the Forms and Documents page of <a href="http://scv.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">scv.org</a> at: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0018liPsBf9f4fBOPYg-6YYzkdyJJ3I6RqnOJLQ-Vavv0QGye51ZTmX8Fp825_W9fLjgD9yXs6HKKYKhC1_2C44oCbl6zOmGfzwpqSMqopXWcDAjxx7hem80OFHQ7m49CdxNtudR60Fh8Vj4hnvX8fgVmwimRv5Py5oSaceq4g8g1j5__dTbwfV4nYR-sYgF6AIopr1JRZYpnau1WFSFW1b9g==&c=0kyEuSHLXdw0lk8SY28p-j6gb9dHV_Eis8PmiEyYBF9csJbT7L63Aw==&ch=jc_0Z-CK05RAaPBFVqJ6TXvQPRJn7njp7XWj8prpop7Rr5LGJlcUeA==" shape="rect" style="color: #004db4; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">http://www.scv.org/pdf/<wbr></wbr>FundingProposalGuidelines.pdf</a><br /><br />The form to be used to make a Funding Request is also on the Forms and Documents page at: <a href="http://www.scv.org/pdf/SCVFundRequests.pdf" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.scv.org/pdf/<wbr></wbr>SCVFundRequests.pdf</a><br /><br />The information requested on the form is the minimum that is needed for consideration of a funding request. Those making requests are encouraged to submit supporting information if it helps clarify the purpose and other particulars of the project.<br /><br />If you have any questions regarding the guidelines, form or process, please contact me.<br /><br />Douglas W. Nash, Jr.<br />Adjutant-in-Chief<br /><a href="mailto:nc46e@hotmail.com" shape="rect" style="color: #004db4; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">nc46e@hotmail.com</a><br /><a href="tel:%28910%29%20635-9700" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" value="+19106359700">(910) 635-9700</a></div>
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Commissioners vote to remove all flags, but American, from Pensacola Bay Center</h1>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.701961); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">For years, the Pensacola Bay Center has flown the Confederate battle flag. The most well known flag, with white stars atop diagonol blue bars and a red background, was never an official flag of the Confederacy. It was used by soldiers, in battle, but not by the government itself.</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.701961); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.701961); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br />
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<span class="story">Aubey Smith, Commander of the Pensacola Sons of Confederate Veteransa, says "it's our heritage. It's our ancestry. The 600,000 men, women and children who died during that conflict, it's not something that can be swept under the rug by not showing that flag."<br /><br />Others see something far more sinister in the flag.<br /><br />Katrina Ramos says "what I see from the Confederate flag is oppression. What I see from the Confederate flag is slavery. So who's heritage are they talking about."<br /><br />In 2000, the city of Pensacola voted to stop flying the battle flag. They replaced it on city buildings with a national flag of the Confederacy. At the time, the Escambia County Commission voted unanimously to keep flying the flag.<br /><br />One resident said "as a citizen of this county, who's money, along with all these other folks, goes to support our public buildings and our government, this is a very inappropriate symbol."<br /><br />Thursday evening, the Commission heard arguments from supporters of the flag, and those who want it down. Dozens of county residents attended and spoke out. After nearly an hour of discussion and debate, the commission voted to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Pensacola Bay Center .. and all county government buildings. Their new rule says that only the American flag may fly. The only exception is the flag of Florida, and only if it is already in place.<br /><br />Says Ramos, "we have so much racial tension in our country right now. And so what I want to see from Pensacola is, let us be the first to be an example. Let's start removing these things that are creating racial tension."<br /> <br />The vote passed four to one, with only district one Commissioner Wilson Robertson objecting.</span></div>
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Chuck Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118655729955350561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226777304082334457.post-63780722365051712042014-12-05T18:46:00.000-05:002014-12-05T18:46:08.680-05:00TEXAS SCV LICENSE PLATE CASE GOES TO SUPREME COURT <h1 class="article_title buffer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3.375em; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.04em; line-height: 1.0625em; margin: 0px 1.25em 0px 113px; padding-top: 16px;">
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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether <a density="sparse" href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/texas/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #003399; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Texas</a> officials must issue a license plate depicting the Confederate battle flag, accepting a free-speech dispute with implications for dozens of states with similar specialty-tag programs.</div>
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The court today agreed to review a ruling that Texas violated the Constitution when officials rejected an application by the state chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans while issuing more than 350 other specialty plates. Those include tags that say “Stop Child Abuse,” “Operation Iraqi Freedom” and “God Bless Texas.”</div>
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The case will determine how much power states have to control the topics and designs of their specialty plates. A federal appeals court said officials can’t favor one viewpoint over another in choosing which proposals to approve.</div>
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That ruling will have “untenable consequences,” Texas officials led by Attorney General and Governor-elect Greg Abbott argued in their appeal. “After this ruling, it is not apparent how the state could exclude profanity, sacrilege or overt racism from its specialty license plates.”</div>
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The case will test a court that in other contexts is broadly supportive of speech rights. Most federal appeals to consider the issue have said states can’t discriminate on the basis of the message a group seeks to convey on a license plate.</div>
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Texas has a board that approves every license plate design before it is issued to the public. Drivers who want a special plate pay an extra fee, with the money going in part to state agencies and in part to charitable and nonprofit groups.</div>
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The disputed plate design consisted of a battle flag surrounded by the words “Sons of Confederate Veterans 1896.” The Texas board said many members of the public found the design offensive.</div>
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The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the state in a 2-1 decision.</div>
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“By rejecting the plate because it was offensive, the board discriminated against Texas SCV’s view that the Confederate flag is a symbol of sacrifice, independence and Southern heritage,” the majority said.</div>
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A central question will be how the court classifies license plates. Texas contends they qualify as government speech, immune from any requirement that they be viewpoint neutral.</div>
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The Texas chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans urged the Supreme Court not to hear the case. The flag “is a symbol that should be a topic for open debate, without the government censoring one side or the other,” the group argued.</div>
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The same issue has arisen in the context of the abortion debate. In February, a three-judge panel said Virginia was violating the Constitution by distributing plates that say “Choose Life” while refusing to issue ones that bear an abortion-rights slogan. The state is one of 29 that issue “Choose Life” plates.</div>
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The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the Supreme Court to review that decision. The justices today took no action on that appeal and probably will defer acting until they resolve the Texas case.</div>
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The court will hear arguments early next year and rule by June in the case, Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, 14-144.</div>
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If passed, a measure being considered for Mississippi’s 2016 ballots would make Christianity the state religion, English the official language, and, according to its creators, preserve the state’s Confederate heritage.</div>
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That’s not all — the measure aims to ‘restrict or define’ Mississippi’s heritage in a number of areas: state flag and nickname, and even university mascots.</div>
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It’s currently officially defined as ‘Initiative 46,’ but proponents of the plan call it the ‘<a class="external" href="http://www.magnoliaheritage.com/46.html" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Heritage Initiative</a>.’ If the petition garners enough response, it should show up on the Mississippi ballots in the 2016 election.</div>
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Promoted by the Magnolia State Heritage Campaign, the initiative proposes to do the following:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Acknowledge Mississippi as a “principally Christian and quintessentially Southern state” and the Christian Bible as a “foremost source of her founding principles, inspiration, and virtues.”</li>
<li style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Declare English the official language in the state, and require all government and </li>
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<li style="border: 0px currentColor; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The flag adopted in 1894 and confirmed by vote in 2001 will be declared the state flag. (See below.) The salute will be “I salute the flag of Mississippi and the sovereign state for which it stands with pride in her history and achievements and with confidence in her future under the guidance of Almighty God.”</li>
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The measure would also ensure that state identification, license tags, and other materials reflect the nickname, state flower, and flag (yes, all state id cards would bear a flag that includes the Confederate flag as a portion of it), protect the flying of flags over veterans’ graves, and officially protect and preserve any publicly owned or held Confederate memorabilia.</div>
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According to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="external" href="http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/05/ballot-measure-confederate/18534497/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Clarion-Ledger</a>, the initiative is endorsed by such prominent Mississippians as former Miss America Susan Akin, author Julie Hawkins, and former State Representative Mark DuVall.</div>
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DANVILLE (WSLS) - The Danville City Council voted 7 to 2 to approve a resolution directing the city manager to notify the Board of the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History that the council cannot, under Virginia law, consider its request to remove the confederate flag from the grounds of the museum.<br /><br />Dozens of people packed the council chambers. At times, emotions ran high as residents from both sides of the debate shared their views on the issue.<br /><br />On September 30, 2014 the city manager received a letter conveying the museum's board of directors request that the city remove the Confederate flag.<br /><br />Those who support the removal of the flag said the flag is offensive to African Americans and other groups because it represents a symbol of discrimination and racism. On the other hand, members of Sons of Confederate Veterans said the flag honors those who fought for our country and should not be removed.<br /><br />The city council's resolution to deny the request to remove the flag means that the flag with remain at the museum.</div>
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El Dorado-- <span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Built by the Daughters of Confederacy in 1909, this confederate war monument stands in plain view in front of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><st1:placename style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;" w:st="on">Union</st1:placename><span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><st1:placetype style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;" w:st="on">County</st1:placetype><span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>courthouse in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><st1:city style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Dorado</st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;">, some say in its rightful place.</span><br />
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Camp</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:placename w:st="on">Commander</st1:placename></span></st1:place><span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Mark Williams, says this monument stands as a memorial in honor of fallen soldiers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;">"Roughly 10 infantry companies and 2 cavalry companies came from this county, and that's approximately 1200 men. I'm not sure how many came back, but probably 30 to 40 percent didn't come back," says Mark Williams, Sons of Confederate Veterans.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Though this monument has a historic representation, there are those in the community that say not all things in history need to be represented.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;">That includes Pierce Moore, Pastor of El Dorado's<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">First</st1:placename><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:placename w:st="on">Baptist</st1:placename><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;">He believes the statue is racist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;">"Who would want to put a statue up that commemorates the worst, the worst of American History. I mean, I think there more things that we could do to be a little more civil, and all of this. I think sometimes people don't always think that way," says Pierce Moore, First Baptist Church Pastor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Historian, Carolyn Williams, agrees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;">She thinks the African American community needs to focus on the positive aspects of the confederacy, not the negative ones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;">"The only thing he can do now is stand out here just like he is, in the rain, the sleet, in the snow. No harm to you. Tell your kids about the positive. Tell everybody you know the positive. The Confederates lost, they lost," says Carolyn Williams, Historian and Owner of Quilted History.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;">This isn't the first time this confederate war monument has been at the center of controversy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "microsoft sans serif"; font-size: 10pt;">It was referenced in a Supreme Court case ruling to justify allowing county funds to restore monuments like this one, all over the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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When the Harrison County Board of Supervisors voted four to one to put all eight flags back up on the beach display at the foot of Debuys Road, they had to know it would spark another debate. A group known as Keepers of the Pledge rallied at the display on the beach Saturday, protesting the fact that supervisors have decided to put the flags back up.</div>
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"To me it shows that our Board of Supervisors lacks integrity," Keepers of the Pledge member Judy Whitfield said. "They're giving in to the pressure to do the wrong thing."</div>
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Judy Whitfield says, "If we're going to use a flag that represents the confederacy, which it was a governing body, there's no problem with putting something here, but it wasn't a battle flag we're not at war and so a battle flag has no place here."</div>
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Donna Jones spent her afternoon at the rally supporting the protest and says, "Me being young and being black I believe that it's just not right to have to pay taxes on something that I don't believe in and that's why we're here today."</div>
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Their frustration comes with what they say is a simple case of right and wrong. The Supervisors took the flags down for a reason and this group says they should stick to it.</div>
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"The Board of Supervisors agreed that if the historian told them that the battle flag was the incorrect flag to be flying they would take it down," Whitfield said. "Every historian in the country has said it's incorrect and yet they choose to put it up anyway."</div>
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Dixie Daniels also came out to the beach display to show her support.</div>
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"To me the supervisors are making this strictly political decision here by saying we're going to go back on our word of what we said when we said we would listen to the historian that they hired and fly the correct flag," Daniels said.</div>
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Rozenia Lamell thought that showing her support for her peers and community to see.</div>
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"They know this is the wrong flag to put up and they have done it anyway. Some people say we need to go ahead and let it go, but we don't, because you know who needs to let it go, the Sons of Confederate Veterans need to let this go, it's ridiculous and if they know this is wrong, it should end."</div>
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facility layout, and projected registration cost. This information is needed in
addition to the bidders plans for tours and events and information about
attractions in the area. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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When President Barack Obama continued the presidential tradition of visiting the Confederate monument at Arlington Cemetery on Memorial Day, South Carolina NAACP president Lonnie Randolph likened Obama's honoring of Confederate soldiers to paying tribute to Adolf Hitler. <br />
Randolph says he is disappointed that Obama would pay tribute to men who died trying to keep men like the president out of the White House. <br />
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Randy Burbage of the S.C. Sons of Confederate Veterans called the comparison "outrageous." Burbage is right. But I would also add that Randolph's comparison is ludicrous, laughable, and downright stupid — because it is so demonstrably inaccurate. <br />
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While it would be morally and historically absurd to suggest that Southern men who took up arms against President Lincoln's armies did so purely to oppress black people, it is true that virtually all white men in the 19th century, North or South, could not imagine a black president. Some simply wanted to get rid of blacks altogether, or as Lincoln told a delegation of black leaders he invited to the White House in 1862, "You and we are different races ... We have between us a broader difference than exists between almost any other two races ... This physical difference is a great disadvantage to us both ... It is better for us both, therefore, to be separated." <br />
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Lincoln constantly complained about "the troublesome presence of free negroes" and worked diligently with Congress on a plan to send American blacks to the African nation of Liberia. Lincoln also proposed a 13th amendment to the Constitution forever protecting the institution of slavery in order to pacify Southern secessionists. Needless to say, it didn't work. <br />
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Dissuading the South from seceding by promising to protect slavery didn't work, because the issue was secondary to the primary issue of constitutional government and states' rights. Southerners clung to the Founding Fathers' vision of a decentralized republic in which central planning, federal dictates, and permanent standing armies would have been impossible because the Constitution did not allow for a national government powerful enough to implement such measures. <br />
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In declaring secession illegal, and the U.S. a consolidated state, Lincoln enacted the first income tax and the first draft, and supported internal improvements and nationalizing banks. Such centralizing, socialistic, and militaristic restructuring of America was certainly more comparable to the fascism that defined Hitler's Germany than the agrarian-based economies and loose-knit state militias that defined the Confederate States of America. <br />
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Today, it is quite popular to make comparisons between Southern secessionists and the Nazis. But Hitler himself wrote in <i>Mein Kampf </i>of the Old South: "[T]he individual states of the American Union ... could not have possessed any state sovereignty of their own. For it was not these states that formed the Union; on the contrary it was the Union which formed a great part of such so-called states." This was also Lincoln's argument, and Hitler was an admirer of the 16th president for all the obvious reasons. <br />
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Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and imprisoned thousands upon thousands of newspaper editors, judges, politicians, and any other citizens, public or private, who dared to get in his way. Conducting the first "total war" of the modern era — in which Lincoln's armies intentionally targeted innocent women, children, and old men in the South — was nothing less than an act of "genocide" against Southerners.<br />
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There is nothing even remotely comparable in the actions of Confederate President Jefferson Davis or even Southern leaders like Robert E. Lee to the fascist tactics of Lincoln. In his book <i>Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream</i>, author Lerone Bennett Jr., the former editor of <i>Ebony</i> magazine, wrote the following of Lincoln's plan to repatriate American blacks to Africa: "deportation ... was the only racial solution he ever had ... Racial cleansing became, 72 years before the Third Reich, 133 years before Bosnia, the official policy of the United States." Obviously Bennett is comparing Lincoln to Hitler, based purely on the president's intentions for black Americans.<br />
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Hitler himself wrote, "National Socialism as a matter of principle, must lay claim to the right to force its principles on the whole German nation without consideration of previous federated state boundaries." Hitler's language and actions were similar to Lincoln's, who believed that state sovereignty was foolish compared to "saving the union." <br />
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My purpose here is not to say that Lincoln was on par with Hitler, but that if someone insists on making the comparison, the 16th president had far more in common with the Nazi dictator than the Southern soldiers who died fighting for their country's independence. <br />
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I don't expect Lonnie Randolph or his organization to understand such an important and drastic distinction. But then again, I never expect too much from the NAACP to begin with. <br />
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Gravesites of vets discovered in King Cemetery near Kinta.</h3>
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<strong style="background: none; border: 0px currentColor; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DURANT, Okla.</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– Choctaw Nation Historic Preservation employees worked for two months to prepare for the May 24 ceremony honoring two full-blood Choctaw Civil War confederate soldiers at their discovered gravesites in King Cemetery near Kinta.</div>
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“I was doing family research and discovered the cemetery,” Karrie Shannon, Choctaw Nation employee in McAlester, said. “In November, I made a trip to Kinta, Oklahoma to locate the King Cemetery. I found the cemetery unmaintained and abandoned. No one might have entered there for 121 years, it was so thick you had a hard time making your way through the area.”</div>
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Private Henry Cooper and 2nd Lieutenant Jerry Riddle received military government issued headstones and were honored during the cemetery dedication in May. Both were descendents of Chief Mosholatubbee, who had seven sons with the surname King and one daughter surnamed Cooper.</div>
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Skyler Robinson, Cemetery Restoration Coordinator with Historic Preservation, said his crew works to preserve and protect abandoned Choctaw cemeteries like King Cemetery. “It was in really bad shape, thick with briars and bushes,” Robinson said. “We went in and cleaned it up, put a new fence around it with a gate, and then placed a couple of headstones.”</div>
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District 5 Tribal Council Member Ron Perry was in attendance and spoke to dedicate King Cemetery during the event. Gene Arpelar said the prayer and blessing. The Choctaw Nation Color Guard sent members, led by Herbert Jessie, to give the 21-gun salute and play Taps. The Color Guard, while honoring the veterans, also showed gratitude to their relatives. “We were there to do the honors,” Harlan Wright, Color Guard member, said. “They folded a flag and presented it to the next of kin.”</div>
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Karrie Shannon and Cheryl Stone-Pitchford, King descendants, were there to receive the flag. Stone-Pitchford, who had also researched Choctaw genealogy, aided Shannon in uncovering King Cemetery. She said it was a very sacred moment; everyone was there to remember and honor the cemetery and its buried that were too long forgotten.</div>
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“When it became apparent who was buried there, it became a real significance in our family. I also believe it is significant to the Choctaw Nation and history overall,” Stone-Pitchford said.</div>
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Dena Cantrell, also a King descendant in attendance at the ceremony, said she appreciated the genealogical research that had been done and how it was bringing the family history together. “Learning and knowing we are descendents of ancestors who played a great part in the history of the Choctaw Nation and the United States… is very gratifying,” she said.</div>
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There are approximately 50 gravesites at King Cemetery. Some were identified by grave depressions, bases of headstones or bases of footstones. There are a handful of existing headstones still standing. Approximately 15 out of 50 buried individuals have been identified. Two of Chief Mosholatubbee’s children are buried in the cemetery, and five military veterans.</div>
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Shannon is working to obtain military monuments for all five veterans within the cemetery. She received the monument for the grave of Tecumseh King, youngest son of Chief Mosholatubbee, on July 21. “There’s a lot of Choctaws in that cemetery,” Shannon said. “We’ve got to remember our Choctaw soldiers and what they have done for us. And if we can do anything to give back to them, that’s what this is all about. It’s for them.”</div>
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Robinson, with Historic Preservation, said his department gets calls informing them of abandoned Choctaw cemeteries periodically, occasionally multiple within one week. He said if anyone knows of an abandoned Choctaw cemetery, it would be appreciated if the individual calls (580) 924-8280 ext. 2236. Additionally, Shannon offered to aid anyone researching family genealogy and can be contacted at <a href="mailto:n13113jme@yahoo.com">n13113jme@yahoo.com</a>.</div>
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Texas is fighting to block license plates featuring the Confederate flag. Its battle with the Sons of Confederate Veterans has lasted five years, longer than the Civil War.</div>
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AUSTIN — The legal sparring between Texas and supporters of a Confederate battle flag license plate has rumbled into its fifth year, even longer than the Civil War.</div>
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In the latest volley, the attorney general’s office has turned to the U.S. Supreme Court to help block the flag logo and other unwanted images on government-issued plates.</div>
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The state had long held off a Southern heritage group wanting to sell the tags until it sued and won last month in a federal appeals court. Now, the state has asked the Supreme Court to intervene because of conflicting decisions in similar cases across the country.</div>
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If they take up the case, the justices will be tackling a raucous freedom-of-speech dispute between the symbol’s backers, who say it honors Confederate veterans, and opponents, who say it’s racially offensive.</div>
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At stake: how much power states have in regulating controversial messages on government-issued property.</div>
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“The issue is ripe for this court’s resolution,” the attorney general’s office said in an Aug. 7 filing that outlined its arguments against the Sons of Confederate Veterans’ tag.</div>
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The group, which has clashed with the state since 2009 over the plate, has until early October to respond. It’s expected to highlight the appeals court’s opinion that the Department of Motor Vehicles engaged in “viewpoint discrimination” when it rejected the proposal.</div>
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John McConnell, the group’s attorney, has said that displaying the flag is protected free speech that can’t be restricted simply because it might upset someone.</div>
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The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals’ panel in New Orleans, siding with the veterans group, also said the DMV’s standards for what qualifies as offensive were too vague.</div>
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Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office, representing the agency, said that court erred, leaving it unclear whether Texas could exclude “profanity, sacrilege or overt racism.”</div>
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“The notion that the Constitution requires states to maintain viewpoint neutrality when deciding whether to issue specialty license plates is unworkable and leads to absurdities,” the state said.</div>
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The plate, with the words “Sons of Confederate Veterans 1896” encircling the red battle flag of blue bars and white stars, remains in limbo until the case is resolved.</div>
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Nine other states allow it. In seven of them, the Tennessee-based veterans group had to sue to get the plates. Those courts largely declared the emblem private speech that a government cannot restrict.</div>
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When it convenes next month, the Supreme Court will sift through nearly 10,000 petitions before picking the 80 to 90 cases it will hear in the session that ends in mid-2015.</div>
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Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, a California-based advocacy group, said he couldn’t predict if the court will take the Texas case. But he noted it looks for issues that have split lower courts and “cause people on both sides to get elevated blood pressure when they talk about it.”</div>
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The DMV has said that because the state manufactures and issues license plates, it should not be forced to put out designs the public opposes.</div>
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It received hundreds of comments against the plate. Elected officials, religious leaders, NAACP members and other critics called it a hurtful reminder of slavery.</div>
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The veterans group applied for the tag through a procedure separate from Texas’ specialty vendor, My Plates. The group said that the plate commemorates Confederate soldiers and that it would use the proceeds to fund memorial projects.</div>
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<strong style="overflow: visible;">Yes, then no:</strong> In 2009, a state Transportation Department advisory group voted in favor of the battle flag plate sought by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Other agency officials didn't accept that, concerned about the uproar it had caused in other states. Without publicly disclosing the first vote, department leaders sent the proposal back to the advisory group. This time, it failed.</div>
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<strong style="overflow: visible;">New agency, same outcome:</strong> The newly created Department of Motor Vehicles took over license plate approval duties in late 2009. Two years later, when the Confederate plate sponsors renewed their request, the DMV board deadlocked on a 4-4 vote. In November 2011, it unanimously rejected the plate, 8-0.</div>
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<strong style="overflow: visible;">Turning to the courts:</strong> The veterans group in December 2011 sued the DMV in federal court. U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks in April 2013 said the state had authority to reject offensive designs. The group then took the case to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, which in July upheld its suit.</div>
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<strong style="overflow: visible;">Next step:</strong> The appeals court ruling means the state would have to allow the plate. That’s now on hold as the state attorney general’s office, representing the DMV, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the case.</div>
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A federal appeals court ruled Monday that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20140714-group-wins-case-to-sell-confederate-license-plates-in-texas.ece" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px currentColor; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088c3; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">Texas cannot prohibit the sale of a specialty license plate</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>featuring the Confederate battle flag.</div>
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In a 2-1 decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state's Department of Motor Vehicles had violated the First Amendment in rejecting the Sons of Confederate Veterans' application for the specialty plates. According to the court's ruling, the state engaged in "viewpoint discrimination" by turning down the proposal as the plates reflect the opinion of the car's driver.</div>
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"By rejecting the plate because it was offensive, the Board discriminated against Texas SCV’s view that the Confederate flag is a symbol of sacrifice, independence, and Southern heritage," reads the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/13/13-50411-CV0.pdf" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px currentColor; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088c3; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">majority opinion</a>, penned by Judge Edward Prado. "The Board’s decision implicitly dismissed that perspective and instead credited the view that the Confederate flag is an inflammatory symbol of hate and oppression."</div>
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Prado continued: "Given Texas’s history of approving veterans plates and the reasons the Board offered for rejecting Texas SCV’s plate, it appears that the only reason the Board rejected the plate is the viewpoint it represents."</div>
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“This is a sad day for African-Americans and others victimized by hate groups in this state,” Gary Bledsoe, president of the Texas NAACP, told the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20140714-group-wins-case-to-sell-confederate-license-plates-in-texas.ece" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px currentColor; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088c3; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">Dallas Morning News</a>.</div>
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A lower Texas court had<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2014/07/confederate_flag_dispute_shall.html" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px currentColor; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088c3; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">previously</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>ruled against the SCV after the group sued following the DMV's rejection. In that ruling, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks decided that the state did not have to issue license plates it deemed offensive.</div>
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While Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has not yet commented on Monday's ruling, he<a href="http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/rick-perry-obama-american-citizen" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px currentColor; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088c3; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">spoke out</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>against the plates in 2011.</div>
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"We don't need to be scraping old wounds," he said.</div>
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As the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20140714-group-wins-case-to-sell-confederate-license-plates-in-texas.ece" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px currentColor; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088c3; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">Morning News</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>notes, nine other states currently allow the plates, including Virginia and North Carolina.</div>
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A bill that would prohibit California from displaying or selling merchandise with the Confederate flag is headed to Gov. Jerry Brown's desk, after getting final legislative approval in the Assembly on Thursday. </div>
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The measure by Assemblyman Isadore Hall III (D-Compton) would prohibit the state from displaying or selling merchandise emblazoned with the Confederate flag. The ban would not apply to images of the flag found in books, digitial media or state museums if displayed for educational or historical purposes.</div>
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Hall introduced the bill, AB 2444, after his mother, on a visit to the Capitol, saw a replica of Confederate money sold in the gift shop. The money contained a picture of the flag.</div>
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The bill passed the Assembly on a bipartisan 66-1 vote, a symbol, Hall said, of "standing together united to fend off the ugly hatred of racism that's been portrayed and demonstrated through the emblem of the Confederacy."</div>
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The sole no vote in the Assembly was from former GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly of Twin Peaks, who said the bill would infringe on free speech.</div>
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"I'm a strict Constitutionalist," Donnelly said after the vote. "It's painful and lonely."</div>
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But Hall said the bill would apply to the state, not individuals, and therefore would not harm free speech.</div>
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"The 1st Amendment right applies to an individual, not the government as an institution," he said.</div>
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Chuck Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118655729955350561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226777304082334457.post-64326690380555973802014-08-09T20:11:00.000-04:002014-08-09T20:11:11.715-04:00POSSIBLE CHANGE IN VA HEADSTONE POLICY <h1 style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #363636; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: bold 42px/45px prelo-slab; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 6px 0px 0px 5px; text-indent: 0px; text-shadow: 1px 0px 1px rgba(255,255,255,0.498039); text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
Legislation would provide headstones for veterans' unmarked graves</h1>
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The markers of local Civil War veterans can been seen in Cleveland's Woodland Cemetery, but many veterans' graves from that era lack a headstone. Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate could make it easier to obtain markers for those final resting places. (Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer)</div>
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The recent introduction of a bipartisan bill by U.S. Senators <a href="http://www.portman.senate.gov/public/" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rob Portman</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(R-Ohio) and <a href="http://www.tester.senate.gov/" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jon Tester</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(D-Montana) to provide headstones for historic unmarked veterans graves came as welcome news to state and local historians.<br />
The "Honor Those Who Served Act of 2014" would enable veterans service agencies, military researchers, historians or genealogists to request a free headstone or marker from the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.va.gov/" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Department of Veterans Affairs<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>(VA) for a veteran's grave.<br />
Until 2012 the VA provided headstones for unmarked veterans' graves based on documentation of that vet's identity and service provided by these groups or individuals.<br />
That policy was then changed, limiting headstone requests to a veteran's next-of-kin or authorized family representative – a difficult requirement when dealing with graves dating back 100 years or more, and unknown family descendants. (The policy does not apply to replacement of worn, illegible or damaged markers.)<br />
The Portman-Tester bill matches a similar measure introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last year by Rep. Steve Stivers, a Columbus Republican.<br />
Portman said in a news release, "This bipartisan legislation is a common-sense way to honor the men and women who have worn the uniform throughout our nation's history with the official recognition they have earned and deserve."<br />
Todd Kleismit, director of community and government relations at the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ohiohistory.org/" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ohio History Connection</a>, also commented in the release, "Prior to the VA's policy change, organizations like ours had been working diligently to research and recognize military veterans buried in unmarked graves.<br />
"We hope that this legislation can help us get back to that important work that has been postponed now for the past couple of years," he added.<br />
Last year the VA said the policy is intended to discourage someone from marking a veteran's grave in a way that the descendants may not want or even know about. A spokesperson added that the VA was reviewing that policy.<br />
But Bill Stark, a volunteer archivist with the Cleveland Grays and member of the Woodland Cemetery Foundation who has documented and obtained nearly 200 headstones for veterans' graves in area cemeteries, said the next-of-kin requirement still stands. "The VA hasn't moved on this at all," he said.<br />
There are dozens of unmarked veterans graves in the area that he could request headstones for, but "I haven't tried because I know it (the request) would be rejected," he said.<br />
Stark noted that in a section of Cleveland's<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.wcfcle.org/" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Woodland Cemetery<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>containing the graves of black Civil War veterans, there are a number of unmarked graves.<br />
"There's nothing we can do about it unless a descendant wants to sign a form, but we don't know who they are, if there are any at all," he added.<br />
He was encouraged by introduction of the Portman-Tester bill. "It's an excellent sign. I'm glad now because it's covered in the Senate," Stark said. "Both of these legislators seem to be very interested in getting this done. At this point, I'm optimistic."<br />
However, being a self-described "pessimist by nature," Stark added, "If we're still talking about this next year, it wouldn't surprise me."<br />
He told a story illustrating how seriously this matter can still be viewed by some veterans' families.<br />
He was contacted last year by a man in South Dakota whose great-great grandfatrher had fought in the Civil War, then came to Cleveland where he died and was buried in the<a href="http://www.mscf1841.org/" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Monroe Street Cemetery</a>.<br />
Stark said the man was a serious genealogist – "as tenacious as a pit bull" -- and was able to provide the VA with documentation showing his family relationship, and obtain a VA headstone for the grave.<br />
He drove to Cleveland to see the grave marker installed. Stark said the man stood there, then addressed his distant relative by his first name, saying, "John, you couldn't hide from me."<br />
It's that important.<br />
"Oh, definitely," Stark said.<br />
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140 - Reunion Medals - non-numbered (Silver Tone) - $35.00 each<br />
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Welcome signs to Goose Creek now bear the emblem of the NAACP as well as the Sons of Confederate Veterans emblem. <small style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 7px; line-height: inherit;">Leroy Burnell/staff</small></div>
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The NAACP logo has been added to two "Welcome to Goose Creek" signs after the local chapter of the civil rights organization objected to the Sons of Confederate Veterans emblem being displayed on them.</div>
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NAACP Goose Creek Branch President David Cakley said he called Mayor Michael Heitzler, who told him the logo, which includes the Confederate battle flag, was protected under free speech.</div>
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"When the Confederate logo was brought to our attention about six months ago, our first response was to mount a protest at City Hall," Cakley said.</div>
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"But over a period of time, we decided to request that our logo would be placed on the welcoming sign instead of requesting that the Confederate sign be taken down," he said.</div>
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"Any civic or professional organization that meets within our city limits, we'll welcome them," Heitzler said.</div>
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The NAACP logo was added to the signs at Saint James Avenue and U.S. Highway 52 about two weeks ago.</div>
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Lonnie Randolph, the state NAACP chairman, said he applauded the Goose Creek chapter's efforts, but he was not in favor of the NAACP being included on the sign with the Sons of Confederate Veterans because he felt it presented a confusing, contradictory message.</div>
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"I am not in support of being included in anything that the Confederacy stands for," he said. "I have some problem making a statement that this is progress."</div>
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The Confederacy was against everything that the U.S. and state constitutions represent, he said.</div>
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Randolph said he needed time to research whether the NAACP logo is present on any other town welcome signs.</div>
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A spokesman for the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Goose Creek could not be contacted. The organization, known as Camp #2222, formed in 2012.</div>
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"The citizen-soldiers who fought for the Confederacy personified the best qualities of America," the Goose Creek chapter says on its website.</div>
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"The tenacity with which Confederate soldiers fought underscored their belief in the rights guaranteed by the Constitution," the chapter stated. "These attributes are the underpinning of our democratic society and represent the foundation on which this nation was built."</div>
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To be considered for inclusion on the city welcome sign, an organization writes a letter to the city administrator. The mayor approves the request, said Jesica Mackey, Goose Creek spokeswoman.</div>
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The same issue arose in 2008 in Mount Pleasant regarding a welcome sign. The Sons of Confederate Veterans have a logo on the sign that motorists see when coming off the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge just past the intersection of Coleman and Patriots Point boulevards. The sign is next to markers for civic clubs such as Rotary, Sertoma and Kiwanis.</div>
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The East Cooper branch of the NAACP requested that the Sons of Confederate Veterans logo be removed, but it remains there today.</div>
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</section>Chuck Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118655729955350561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226777304082334457.post-42457743742124788162014-08-02T18:56:00.001-04:002014-08-02T18:57:08.146-04:00OLE MISS CONTINUES TO CAVE IN TO PC POLICE<h1 class="entry_title">
Chancellor Jones Announces Plan for Leadership on Race Issues and Diversity</h1>
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<strong>UM to Add Diversity Vice Chancellor, Change Confederate Drive Name, Put Historical Symbols in Modern Context, and More</strong><br />
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Plaques or signage are planned to help put historical markers, such as this confederate soldier statue, in modern context.</div>
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Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones this morning will announce a six-point wide-reaching plan that includes the employment of a new Vice Chancellor For Diversity and the placement of plaques at racially divisive sites to add modern context to their symbolism. He also defined a shift in the common use of the term “Ole Miss” for close identification with athletics and school spirit.<br />
The plan also calls for more education of students in racial history, changing the street name of Confederate Drive to Chapel Lane, changing Coliseum Drive to Roy Lee “Chucky” Mullins Drive and an effort to have students make an early commitment to diversity.<br />
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“I don’t expect everyone to agree with this plan,” Chancellor Jones said. “Some will think these actions don’t go far enough — and others will wonder why we have to bring up race again. So far, in this process, even when people have broadly disagreed, they have been civil in their discourse. That’s my hope for the reaction to this announcement.”<br />
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Oxford Alderman Jay Hughes had this reaction to the plan: “I absolutely support the university doing whatever it can to attempt to increase diversity and avoid conflict. However, we need to be mindful that the more we pretend our past does not exist, the more likely we are to repeat it.”<br />
The Chancellor said the new vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion will be selected after a nationwide search. “The job description, title and responsibilities for this high-level position will be established during the fall semester,” he said. “Although we have a chief diversity officer now, our overall efforts have been dispersed.”<br />
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As lieutenant governor, Paul B. Johnson was a prominent figure in attempting to block James Meredith from entering Ole Miss.</div>
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Confederate Drive, a stretch of road that begins after crossing Fraternity Road from Chapel Drive, and ends at the Tad Smith Coliseum, will be re-named, Chancellor Jones added, to reflect the road’s starting point in front of the University Chapel.<br />
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Besides this change, no names of campus icons associated with the civil war and Jim Crow-era Mississippi government officials such as segregationist Governors James Vardaman and Paul Johnson, Jr. will be changed. Instead plaques will be placed to put those names, says Chancellor Jones, in “historical context and perspective.” These sites include Vardaman Hall, Johnson Commons, and the confederate statue at the entrance to the Lyceum Circle.<br />
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The approach of adding historical commentary and contemporary perspective to civil war-related memorials, names and icons has been pioneered by one of the consultants the university turned to in the aftermath of the Meredith Statue defacement of Feb. 9.<br />
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Ed Ayers, president of the University of Richmond, is a noted historian and writer who has argued that southern cities and universities should acknowledge the wrongs of slavery and of opposition to the civil rights movement — not by trying to erase the symbols of that dark past, but by placing them in historical context. ““The North did not fight at first to end slavery,” says the award-winning Civil War historian, “but the South did fight to protect slavery,” Ayers is quoted as saying in <em>The Chronicle of Higher Education.</em><br />
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Ayers was instrumental in having a statue of famous tennis champion and Richmond native Arthur Ashe built on a Richmond thoroughfare populated with monuments to Civil War confederate generals. Ayers’ vision, referenced in the Chancellor’s report, is to balance history with “contemporary context for symbols and adding new symbols more representative of the city’s current culture.”<br />
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Others consulting with the university included Christy Coleman, a leader in Richmond’s Civil War Museum, and Gregory Vincent, vice president for Diversity and Community Engagement at the University of Texas.<br />
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Paul B. Johnson Commons will not be renamed, but will bear a plaque to add context to its history.</div>
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An example of the idea of balancing historical icons with contemporary symbols of African-American courage can be found in one of the action plan’s recommendations. Though not currently named for anything related to the Civil War or Jim Crow, Coliseum Drive will need a new name in light of the forthcoming demolition of C. M. Tad Smith Coliseum; the street will be renamed Roy Lee “Chucky” Mullins Drive in honor of the African-American Ole Miss football player who eventually died after a suffering a paralyzing injury on the field.<br />
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Confederate Drive will be renamed Chapel Lane.</div>
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In another action plan point that may prove controversial, Chancellor Jones announced that the term Ole Miss would be primarily used in connection with the school’s athletic program and to reflect the “broad spirit” of the university, but not used prominently in reference to academics.<br />
“Some faculty are uncomfortable with (the term “Ole Miss”) — either because they see it as a nickname or because they believe it has racial overtones,” he said. “Our research indicates that the term “Ole Miss” is beloved by the vast majority of students, faculty, alumni and university supporters. We’ll use the University of Mississippi in most academic applications.”<br />
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Other points in the action plan, which is a continuation of the recommendations advanced by the Extended Sensitivity and Respect Committee that started in late 2012, represent a commitment to deal honestly with race and diversity issues. Chancellor Jones says this will happen through leadership offered by the new vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion supporting active research and cooperating with promising efforts such as the William Winter Institute for Racial Diversity and the forming-this-fall Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement.<br />
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Also in the plan is a call to increase commitment to racial, ethnic, and lifestyle diversity from all students, especially incoming freshman.<br />
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Named for segregationist Governor James Vardaman from the early 1900s, this building will bear new signage to add historical context</div>
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“If you look at the incidents that have been reported in the press, the vast majority have involved freshman,” Chancellor Jones said. “We have to more effectively deal with the reality that many of our students come to us with very little exposure to cross-cultural experience. Many have attended high schools and lived in communities that were virtually segregated in their opportunities to interact with people of different races and backgrounds. We hope to welcome them to here and quickly expose them to pathways that embrace our values in support of human dignity that is expressed in our creed.”<br />
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HottyToddy.com contacted a few readers to get their reactions to the plan.<br />
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“I think renaming certain areas of Ole Miss is good for change,” said alumnus Bill Perry, Jr., a pianist and composer living in Oxford, who has helped raise funds for music education camps at the university though showings of his exploratory jazz/visual project Mother Universe and All Her Children. “A modern contemporary perspective would be good to show Ole Miss is moving in a progressive direction. I also think it’s good to have diversity added to the oath of this university. It’s time for the rest of the nation to see that this college is moving forward and doing what is necessary to create an atmosphere of inclusion.”<br />
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Jeremy Cooker graduated Ole Miss in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism, during an era when the use of the confederate flag by fans at football games was a hot-button issue. “These changes feel like a natural evolution for a progressive university with a racially charged past,” said Cooker, who is director of marketing and special projects for New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation. “What’s being proposed now seems like it’s long overdue. They can put this part of the past in some kind of historical context for people to learn from it, but it’s time to move on.”<br />
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<strong>Following is the full statement released by the University:</strong><br />
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<em><strong>UM Announces Plan for Leadership on Issues of Race and Diversity</strong></em><br />
<em>Chancellor releases report on campus environment, creates new position of vice chancellor for diversity <br />
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OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones has released a comprehensive action plan for fostering a more inclusive and welcoming environment on campus.<br />
The recommendations are the fruit of a study of wide-ranging opinions on campus culture from students, faculty and administrators, which were paired with input from respected consultants. The plan includes a new position of vice chancellor for diversity and a variety of initiatives focused on inclusion and race relations.<br />
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Last summer, an expanded Sensitivity and Respect Committee completed its review of the university’s environment on race and diversity. After the committee’s report, consultants Ed Ayers and Christy Coleman of Richmond, Virginia, were brought in to study the effect on campus culture of building names and campus symbols tied to historical issues of slavery and segregation. Consultant Greg Vincent, who led the University of Texas in addressing issues of diversity and inclusion, was hired to analyze the university’s organizational structure and how it relates to diversity and inclusion.<br />
The consultants submitted reports on their interviews with members of the campus community, as well as recommendations based on their experiences with similar issues. Jones complimented the work of the university community and consultants in generating the ideas included in the action plan. <br />
“The reports from everyone involved were candid and thoughtful in suggesting that more can be done here to improve our environment for diversity and inclusion,” Jones said.<br />
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“It is my hope that the steps outlined here – reflecting the hard work of university committees and our consultants – will prove valuable in making us a stronger and healthier university, bringing us closer to our goal of being a warm and welcoming place for every person every day, regardless of race, religious preference, country of origin, ability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or gender expression.”<br />
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Jones said he knows that some people will find parts of the recommendations that they like and some they don’t. “Every idea was not included, but I’m confident everyone involved will find evidence of their substantial contributions.<br />
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“There were and will continue to be differences of opinion among us. But, I am encouraged that while our discussions over recent months were frank, even tough, they also were civil and respectful. My very sincere thanks go out to all of those who demonstrated these values throughout the process.”<br />
The process was designed to gather as broad a range of opinion as possible, the chancellor said.<br />
“It was important that we hear from everyone who loves this university,” he said. “Too often when viewpoints are wide-ranging, nuanced and emotional, the easy answer for leaders is a non-decision, freezing people at a point in time and putting progress off to another day. To me, that is not leadership. And our mission as a university is to lead.”<br />
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The plan involves six steps, with more initiatives expected when the new vice chancellor position is filled:<br />
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1. Create a vice chancellor-level position for diversity and inclusion. UM’s provost will create a specific position title, portfolio, set of responsibilities and initial budget for a new administrative position. The job will be created after consultation with faculty and will be subject to approval by the university’s governing board. A search committee will be formed to begin work during the fall semester.<br />
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2. Establish a portfolio model of diversity and engagement. As part of the creation of the job description for the new vice chancellor position, a set of standards for diversity and engagement will be drafted for the university to follow moving forward.<br />
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3. Deal squarely with the issue of race while also addressing other dimensions of diversity.<br />
“We look forward to a day when it is the norm to embrace and celebrate our differences, when our country and state have become a truly post-racial society,” Jones said. “But that day has not yet arrived. Clearly, there are still issues regarding race that our country must address. And we will need to continue a dialogue on race at our university. Our unique history regarding race provides not only a larger responsibility for providing leadership on race issues, but also a large opportunity – one we should and will embrace.”<br />
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A faculty group focused on UM’s history with slavery began work last year. The initiative is an example of the kind of scholarly leadership UM can provide on the issue, Jones said, voicing renewed commitment to the work of the university’s William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation. He also said the new vice chancellor for diversity will be engaged in efforts to address issues of race and diversity and will work with existing campus organizations, such as the Critical Race Studies Group, that have focused on these issues.<br />
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4. Implement a symbolic and formal dedication of all new students to the ideals of inclusion and fairness to which UM is devoted.<br />
The UM Creed was adopted as a means of communicating and cultivating the university’s core values. A public university can’t require a pledge or oath as a condition of enrollment. It can and will work with students and others to pursue methods of elevating and strengthening the UM community with the creed’s values. The university’s vice chancellor for student affairs will implement this recommendation.<br />
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5. Offer more history, putting the past into context, telling more of the story of Mississippi’s struggles with slavery, secession, segregation and their aftermath.<br />
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Consultants cited Richmond, one of capitals of the Confederacy, as a good example of appropriately addressing a negative history. City leaders opted not to erase history, even some of the more difficult parts of it, and chose not to remove existing statues and building names. Instead, the city has balanced its presentation of history by offering broader, contemporary context for symbols and adding new symbols more representative of the city’s current culture. An example of that approach already implemented at UM is the statue honoring James Meredith, the university’s first African-American student. Additional opportunities with more contemporary symbols lie ahead, and the new vice chancellor will be engaged in long-term evaluation of those recommendations. Until the new vice chancellor is hired, that job will be handled by the provost and the assistant to the chancellor for multicultural affairs.<br />
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Among buildings and symbols that will be evaluated for plaques adding context and perspective are Vardaman Hall, the ballroom in Johnson Commons and the Confederate statue at the entrance to Lyceum Circle. Several steps have been taken already:<br />
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- The entrance of the Manning Center was recently designated the Williams-Reed Foyer in honor of Ben Williams and James Reed, the university’s first two black football players. Jones thanked Athletics Director Ross Bjork and head football coach Hugh Freeze for their leadership in the recommendation.<br />
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- The new Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement opens this fall in Stewart Hall. The center, which will move later to the renovated and expanded Student Union, enhances the quantity and quality of programming and leadership initiatives for underrepresented students.<br />
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- Coliseum Drive will need a new name when the Tad Smith Coliseum is replaced with the new basketball arena. A recommendation from the UM Alumni Association and the M-Club to rename it “Roy Lee ‘Chucky’ Mullins Drive” has been adopted. Mullins, a black football player who was paralyzed and later died, became a unifying symbol of an indomitable human spirit at the university.<br />
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- Confederate Drive, which enters Fraternity Row, will be renamed “Chapel Lane.”<br />
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6. Appropriate use of the name “Ole Miss.” UM’s longstanding nickname is beloved by the vast majority of its students and alumni. But a few, especially some university faculty, are uncomfortable with it. Some don’t want it used at all and some simply don’t want it used within the academic context.<br />
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The university completed a national study about the name “Ole Miss” during the last year and found the vast majority of respondents don’t attach any meaning to it other than an affectionate name for the university. In fact, a significant margin likes and prefers the “Ole Miss” name. And a very small percentage of respondents associate the university, either as “Ole Miss” or “University of Mississippi,” with negative race issues. <br />
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Both names will be used in appropriate contexts going forward, with particular emphasis going to “Ole Miss” in athletics and as a representation of the university’s spirit. Other campus efforts already in place will continue to grow<br />
</em><em>The action plan includes a wide variety of other initiatives launched even as the study of campus environment was underway, including creation of the Bias Incident Response Team, diversity training for employees, construction of a National Pan-Hellenic Council garden representing the history and campus engagement of historically black fraternities and sororities, periodic surveys to monitor the campus environment, and various programs to enhance student success. </em><br />
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OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has canceled a class to teach employees how to reduce their Southern accents.</div>
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The move comes after some employees complained about the course, which was advertised as a way to "feel confident in a meeting when you need to speak with a more neutral American accent, and be remembered for what you say and not how you say it."</div>
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Carolyn Ward of ORNL's Learning and Development Services told the Knoxville News Sentinel that an employee requested the class and so it was offered for others too.</div>
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ORNL spokesman David Keim said the class "probably wasn't presented in the right way" and managers decided to cancel it after other employees complained.</div>
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Keim noted that the lab has a diverse work population, with people from all over the U.S. and abroad.</div>
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Posted:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="updated" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="2014-07-29T12:27:00-05:00">Tuesday, July 29, 2014 12:27 pm</span></div>
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<em style="font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“I’ll not willingly offend, Nor be easily offended; What’s amiss I’ll strive to mend, And endure what can’t be mended”</em></div>
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A request by The Sons of Confederate Veterans to honor their forefather’s service with a Texas license plate is a simple fund-raising effort by a historical association with a long history of civic involvement.</div>
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Race-baiting and politics, however, seem to play more of a role in the coverage of this issue than the actual facts of the matter. This weeks’ 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling supporting free speech and ending the state’s denial of their request reveals what happens when such inflammation is replaced by thoughtful examination. The ruling is a win for a common sense.</div>
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To begin, The Sons of Confederate Veterans, a private nonprofit established in 1896, is requesting to pay for a license plate displaying their logo and their name. The logo contains the flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, commonly known as the Confederate battle flag. The SCV would pay the State of Texas $8,000 for the right to have a plate then recoup costs with each plate sold.</div>
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I am a member of the SCV; my great-grandfather James Monroe Cole served in the Louisiana Infantry during the War, died in the Texas Confederate Veterans Home and is buried in the Texas State Cemetery here in Austin.</div>
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As a statewide elected official, I sponsored the plate because of my commitment to Texas history — even the history others might find offensive.</div>
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It’s the same reason I sponsored a license plate to honor The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, another private, nonprofit organization interested in marketing their heritage with a license plate that displays their logo and their name.</div>
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Both plates represent private organizations proud of their history. Both are symbols for service to the state of Texas. But political correctness has warped perception of those ideas.</div>
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I am proud to support the Buffalo Soldiers license plate because these black troops deployed to the western frontier after the Civil War and served with great distinction in Texas. Many were recipients of the National Medal of Honor.</div>
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But an examination of the Buffalo Soldiers actions could also be deemed insensitive and politically incorrect. They were sent to Texas to implement a national policy of subjugation and enslavement of the Native American population, which is exactly what they did. They implemented a national policy forcing Indians into reservations to live essentially as prisoners of war held by the U.S. Government.</div>
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Is this a history of which we should be proud? Should these soldiers be commemorated on a license plate?</div>
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Of course they should. The Buffalo Soldier license plate, just like the Confederate plate, is intended to honor soldiers who served with pride and dignity in defense of Texas. That’s all.</div>
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Viewed through our 21st century lens of political correctness, both the Buffalo and Confederate soldiers could be considered by some as having fought for a cause that fell short of the high moral ground. In the end, offensive behavior can be found throughout history if you’re looking to be offended.</div>
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Detractors often contend the Confederates’ effort to “destroy the union” or wage an “unlawful rebellion” are prima facie reasons why all things Confederate are just not worth memorializing. By that logic our unlawful revolt against King George, the “unlawful” secession by Mexico from Spain in 1810 and the “unlawful” secession by Texas from Mexico in 1836 also shouldn’t be celebrated today.</div>
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There is no statutory protection against being offended. Actually, it’s the privilege of every American to be offended. But that shouldn’t interfere with our willingness to understand the past in its own context, not from our present perspective.</div>
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For example, President Abraham Lincoln reveals himself to be what we would now consider a racist in the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debate in Charleston, Illinois. “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races – that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negros, nor qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people,” Lincoln said.</div>
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And for those who believe every Confederate soldier was fighting solely to perpetuate slavery, I’ll end with the quote of one of the greatest Americans of all time.</div>
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“There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age,” wrote Robert E. Lee while stationed in Texas before the Civil War in 1856, “who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil . . .we see the course of the final abolition of human slavery is still onward, and give it the aid of our prayers. . .”</div>
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<em style="font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">JERRY PATTERSON was re-elected to a third term as Texas Land Commissioner in 2010 and is responsible for managing billions of dollars of state assets, investments and mineral rights on behalf of the schoolchildren of Texas. He is a retired U.S. Marine, Vietnam veteran and former state senator.</em></div>
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Chuck Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118655729955350561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226777304082334457.post-36585216991253810662014-07-27T18:18:00.000-04:002014-07-27T18:18:02.571-04:00W and L Flag Protest HeldLink to Television report about W and L Protest:<br />
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<a href="http://www.wdbj7.com/video/washington-lee-confederate-flags/27164398">http://www.wdbj7.com/video/washington-lee-confederate-flags/27164398</a>Chuck Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118655729955350561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226777304082334457.post-90675955575694508212014-07-25T12:48:00.001-04:002014-07-25T12:48:22.986-04:00Rally to be Held July 26 at Washington and Lee Over Flag Removal<div style="font-size: 12pt;">
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<br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1664882902" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Saturday, July 26th</span></span></span>, there will be a rally in Lexington Virginia at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1664882903" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">12 noon</span></span></span> in protest of the decision by Washington and Lee University to tamper with the grave site of General Robert E. Lee. The rally will be held at Hopkins Green, which is at the intersection of Jefferson and Nelson Streets in downtown Lexington.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It has become even more important that every compatriot who can possibly attend this rally do so. A press release from Washington and Lee has basically accused the SCV of being potential thugs and vandals. W&L has closed the Lee Chapel from <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1664882904" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Friday</span></span></span> afternoon through <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1664882905" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ"><span style="color: #222222;">Sunday July 27th</span></span></span>. According to the University, "This unscheduled closing is based on concerns for the safety of the facility and its staff on the day that the Sons of Confederate Veterans have scheduled a rally in Lexington. We must take this unfortunate precaution because of the inflammatory and threatening letters, emails and phone calls the University has received in response to the removal of reproduction battle flags from the statue chamber in Lee Chapel..."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In other words, they are suggesting that SCV members would desecrate the Lee Chapel or injure its staffers because of the disingenuous actions of President Ruscio. No group honors the Lee Chapel and wishes it to be protected more than the Sons of Confederate Veterans. This closure is a gratuitous insult to one of America's finest and oldest heritage groups. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It is imperative that our members attend the rally if possible, and it is important that we gather as Southern gentlemen in the manner of General Lee himself and with the dignity that his memory deserves. We must show the University that the continuing attempt to demonize the tens of millions of descendants of the Confederacy should stop and be replaced with genuine understanding and communication. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ben Jones</span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Chief of Heritage Operations</span></div>
Chuck Randhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118655729955350561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226777304082334457.post-60622933486595188372014-07-25T12:46:00.004-04:002014-07-25T12:46:47.264-04:00New Chief of Heritage Operations Named<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
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Compatriots,<br /><br />In light of the issues at Washington Lee University, I feel it is important to let the membership know who I appointed to the position of Chief of Heritage Operations. Mr. Ben Jones, currently from Virginia, was a former US Congressman from the state of Georgia. His expertise in dealing with high profile situations is one of the many reasons he was chosen. His diplomatic skills will prove to be invaluable in this position. <br /><br />On many occasions he has proven that he loves his Southern heritage by the fights he has already participated in. One of the most recent that many may remember is when he took on Warner Brothers after they announced they would remove the Confederate Battle Flag off the </div>
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<br />General Lee, a car he repaired in the Dukes of Hazard. Yes, Mr. Jones is none other than "Cooter" in the hit TV series that still captivates audiences through out the world. He won that battle, as he has many, and brought awareness to the history of the flag, as well as the Southern people. I hope you will join with him as he guides us through the future heritage issues. <br /><br />Deo Vindice!<br /><br />Charles Kelly Barrow<br />Commander-in-Chief<br />Sons of Confederate Veterans </div>
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