Posts Tagged ‘“Confederate History and Heritage Month”’

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Apr15

News From Around the South 4/8 – 4/15

by RISadlog on April 15th, 2013 at 3:03 pm
Posted In: Archive, Southern Partisan

  Tenessee: Sons of Confederate Veterans Diss Memphis Over Parks Choice MEMPHIS — The Sons of Confederate Veterans International chose Richardson, Texas, over Memphis for its 2016 annual convention in part because of “negative publicity” over Memphis’ renaming of three parks with names tied to the Confederacy. Lee Millar, Memphis spokesman for the Sons of Confederate Veterans, said he met […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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May01

News from Around the South, Week of April 29

by RISadlog on May 1st, 2013 at 3:32 pm
Posted In: Archive, Southern Partisan

Texas: Confederate License Plates Struck Down In 2011, the Sons of Confederate Veterans wanted to offer a specialty license plate honoring their ancestors that featured the rebel flag. But the Department of Motor Vehicles said “no thanks.” So they sued them. U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks ultimately ruled against the plates last week. “Well we’re […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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