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struggle4progress

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Mon Aug 31, 2015, 06:58 PM Aug 2015

Heritage Preservation Association puts up another Confederate flag in Danville (VA)

Danielle Staub
POSTED: 04:04 PM EDT Aug 31, 2015

... The Heritage Preservation Association has filed an injunction in the lawsuit filed against the city of Danville.

It is asking the city to put the confederate flag back on the flag pole at the Sutherlin Mansion until the suit is decided in court.

"A lot of people that didn't have a position on this are taking a stand on it. There are different organizations springing up everywhere, doing what they can, having fundraisers, having parades," Robert Wayne Byrd Sr. of the Heritage Preservation Association said.

The group plans to put up at least two more Confederate flags in the next two weeks ...


http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/southern-virginia/heritage-preservation-association-puts-up-another-confederate-flag-in-danville/35020002

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Heritage Preservation Association puts up another Confederate flag in Danville (VA) (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2015 OP
I guess it is time for push and shove. I dont want a race war, though...they do randys1 Aug 2015 #1
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