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  • Remove Confederate flag? Panhandle city must decide

    06/12/2002 7:48:50 AM PDT · by stainlessbanner · 44 replies · 332+ views
    Orlando Slantnel ^ | 12 June 2002 | AP
    CRESTVIEW -- The NAACP wants the Confederate battle flag removed from a memorial on city property that honors Florida's last Civil War veteran, who died in 1957.Sabu Williams, local chapter president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, on Monday likened the flag to the Berlin Wall, contending it represents a wall of terror, hatred, murder, bigotry and shame."The heritage of the Confederate battle flag is that it was meant to divide," Williams told the City Council. "Today, we should be looking at things that bind us, not divide us."The council delayed a decision until June 24...