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Thread ID: 17356 | Posts: 8 | Started: 2005-03-17
2005-03-17 11:51 | User Profile
No To Confederate History Month
Powhatan County officials decided not to take action on a controversial proposal naming April as Confederate Heritage Month. The controversy brought dozens of Powhatan residents to the Board of Supervisors meeting.
The resolution failed by a vote of 4 to 1 but that didn't stop a number of emotional people from going to the microphone to speak out against it.
"It would be a slap in our face if you pass this resolution. It would be like saying we did not have a voice then, and we do not have a voice now," said one resident.
It didn't matter that the board decided not to take action, the people who were opposed, still wanted to be heard. Members of at least three local churches wore black and red to show their opposition visually - black for their heritage, red for the Blood of Christ. But most decided to speak their minds.
"I went over there to protect my country, and to come back not to be insulted. To me, it's a slap in the face to military veterans to promote and have a holiday that promotes the subjugation and oppression of a people," said another resident.
"I think its something that needs to be left in the past, and those who want to celebrate it, can celebrate it through the museums and the books and the statues and those who want to forget it and all the hurt associated with the past should be allowed to forget it," said another.
Even though the resolution failed, there were many people who expressed concern that it might pop up again in the future, but board members assured the audience they had no intention of bringing it up again.
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2005-03-17 12:31 | User Profile
[QUOTE]Members of at least three local churches wore black and red to show their opposition visually - black for their heritage, red for the Blood of Christ.[/QUOTE] They forgot green.
2005-03-20 06:09 | User Profile
Sertorius
[QUOTE]"Members of at least three local churches wore black and red to show their opposition visually - black for their heritage, red for the Blood of Christ." They forgot green. [/QUOTE]
Just as well; green is such a pretty color, I hate to see it degraded by these savages!
2005-03-25 23:36 | User Profile
...and for some inexplicable reason, the accounts of all those black Confederates continue to rot deep inside the memory hole.
2005-03-26 00:10 | User Profile
Faust,
[COLOR=Green]And it is the color associated with the Irish.[/COLOR]
2005-03-26 02:53 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius]And it is the color associated with the Irish.[/QUOTE]
...and with [COLOR=Green]Ralph Nader[/COLOR]
2005-03-26 03:10 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Robbie]...and with [COLOR=Green]Ralph Nader[/COLOR][/QUOTE] :lol: :lol:
2005-03-29 03:19 | User Profile
[QUOTE=confederate_commando]No To Confederate History Month
Powhatan County officials decided not to take action on a controversial proposal naming April as Confederate Heritage Month. The controversy brought dozens of Powhatan residents to the Board of Supervisors meeting.
The resolution failed by a vote of 4 to 1 but that didn't stop a number of emotional people from going to the microphone to speak out against it.
"It would be a slap in our face if you pass this resolution. It would be like saying we did not have a voice then, and we do not have a voice now," said one resident.
It didn't matter that the board decided not to take action, the people who were opposed, still wanted to be heard. Members of at least three local churches wore black and red to show their opposition visually - black for their heritage, red for the Blood of Christ. But most decided to speak their minds.
"I went over there to protect my country, and to come back not to be insulted. To me, it's a slap in the face to military veterans to promote and have a holiday that promotes the subjugation and oppression of a people," said another resident.
"I think its something that needs to be left in the past, and those who want to celebrate it, can celebrate it through the museums and the books and the statues and those who want to forget it and all the hurt associated with the past should be allowed to forget it," said another.
Even though the resolution failed, there were many people who expressed concern that it might pop up again in the future, but board members assured the audience they had no intention of bringing it up again.
[url="http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=3076199&nav=0Rcx3aIN"]http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=3076199&nav=0Rcx3aIN[/url][/QUOTE]
and the world is safe for oppressed minorities, for another day.