Citadel alumni campaign to remove Confederate Naval Jack from Summerall Chapel

[struggle4progress]

Jeff Hartsell
Nov 13 2015 1:15 pm

... The Naval Jack still hangs in Summerall Chapel on The Citadel’s campus ...

Although the Board of Visitors voted 9-3 to remove the flag, The Citadel cannot lawfully remove it because of the Heritage Act. That law was passed in 2000, and gives state legislators the power to determine the fate of historic markers and monuments ...

In a letter to Speaker of the House Jay Lucas in June, Citadel officials asked the General Assembly to amend the Heritage Act to allow the school to lawfully remove the Naval Jack. Lucas responded in a letter to the board that “the General Assembly has completed its consideration of the issue and the matter is considered settled,” according to minutes of the Board of Visitors’ meeting last July ...

“It belongs somewhere, in a library or a museum with a glass case around it. It doesn’t belong in a house of worship.”

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20151113/PC20/151119680

[MADem]

1. In the meantime, hang a quilt or something in front of it! Who needs to see that in church? nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

2. Thus making the world a safer and more inviting place to live...