Confederate group will fly 32 battle flags over MLK Drive at Civil War memorial in Texas town

[TexasTowelie]

Orange, Texas -- A Confederate monument featuring 32 flags representing Civil War regiments is nearing completion in an east Texas town, alongside Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans, which is building the $50,000 memorial on private property, has ordered flagpoles to stand alongside 13 columns representing the states that seceded from the United States and fought to preserve slavery.

The circular monument stands just north of Interstate 10, off a city street named for the slain civil rights leader, near the Louisiana border.

“I think it’s a bad idea, but they own the property and the First Amendment warrants them that right,” said John Smith, city attorney for Orange, where the group is building the monument with private funding.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/confederate-group-will-fly-32-battle-flags-over-mlk-drive-at-civil-war-memorial-in-texas-town

[MADem]

1. Because it's just so damned important to say "FUCK YOU!" to a dead black man who changed the world!

I agree with John Smith--it's a bad idea.

I think someone should set up a competing display on private property, in view of that mess, that looks something like this:

[LunaSea]

2. That town is literally

The pimple on Texas' ass.

[TexasTowelie]

3. LOL.

However, they do produce some good football teams. I saw them play at the state semifinal game this past fall.

They also had one of the smallest bands that I've ever seen with less than two dozen members and they are a class 4A school. There are class 2A schools with bigger bands.