Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
3-7-2016
Department 1
Africana Studies
Department 2
History
Abstract
Today the Sons of Confederate Veterans ‘celebrated’ the confederate flag at the Peace Light Memorial on the battlefields of Gettysburg. The same battlefields where some of their ancestors suffered a pivotal defeat, and then kidnapped free Black Americans as they fled south. When I found out the SCV had obtained a permit from the National Park Service, I did likewise so I could stand up there with my homemade sign that connects the confederate flag to some of its most seminal moments in history: fighting for slavery in 1863, fighting for segregation in 1962, and murdering nine black South Carolinians in 2015. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Hancock, Scott. "Another Day in Confederate Gettysburg." Huffington Post (March 7, 2016).
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Original version is available from the publisher at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-hancock/another-day-in-confederat_b_9392412.html
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