Posted on 08/19/2015 6:19:52 AM PDT by Rebeleye
Walter Wilmore is a member of the Stonewall Brigade of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Last month, he applied to hold a ceremony on Lee-Jackson Day here at the Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University.
A few weeks later, he received a notice in the mail rejecting the organization's request to use the chapel. Wilmore says the group has been holding the ceremony there for 14 years and he's shocked the request was denied.
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Last month, he applied to hold a ceremony on Lee-Jackson Day here at the Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University.
A few weeks later, he received a notice in the mail rejecting the organization's request to use the chapel. Wilmore says the group has been holding the ceremony there for 14 years and he's shocked the request was denied. "I'm just upset about the whole thing. There's no reason why they had to do this,” said Wilmore. "There's no sense in these people acting like that. We all have to live here together. All we wanted was two hours out of 8760 hours years’ time. I don't think what we're asking for is unreasonable at all."
Your Hometown News Leader reached out to Washington and Lee University. The school's communications director emailed us a copy of the letter it sent to Wilmore.
It states the usage is not in the best interests of the university and is not appropriate for Lee Chapel. It goes on to say the school does not schedule events in Lee Chapel anymore for external groups outside its mission or those that do not have affiliation with the University.
"I feel like I'm being discriminated against,” said Wilmore. “There are 70 million people in this country that are descendent from confederate soldiers and you're only going to push 70 million people so far and I feel like all this is doing is making things worse."
Wilmore says his group still plans to hold its celebration even if it's at another location.
Well sir. It’s the “Make Whitey Pay Age of Hussein Obama”. Get used to it & thank God if we ever escape from it.
As for us, we’re counting the days, hours & minutes until this national nightmare is, hopefully, over.
This was bound to happen sooner or later
We need to build new shrines on private property
I remember looking at colleges for my daughter about 7 years ago and W&L came up as a top 10 conservative univ in the country. That didn’t take long.
What prompted the start of this new ceremony in 2001?
When will they change the name of Lee Chapel - or the University itself?? W and L was once a great school, a leading law school and basically a conservative university. They must have had a foundational transformation - not good!!
“he’s shocked the request was denied”
He shouldn’t have been since anything Southern and or Confederate has become the main focus of the PeeCee crowd. They’ll never be satisfied, even if history is erased they’ll always be able to find something to harp on. PeeCee is just another exercise in control of the masses and their thoughts and opinions.
It states the usage is not in the best interests of the university and is not appropriate for Lee Chapel
This is disgraceful. I’m going to go visit General Lee’s grave this fall before they dig him up and hang him.
They would like to.
This is why we lose.
Goody goody naivete.
"Why are these vicious liberals doing this? It just doesn't make sense. Don't they understand that they are destroying the country?"
Mr. Wilmore, these people not only want to keep you from having a 1 hour meeting..........they want you DEAD.
They quite literally want you to die.
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