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Petal reconsiders Confederate History proclamation (TN)
Lici Beveridge
:57 p.m. CDT April 19, 2016
PETAL - April is now known as Confederate History Month in Petal after a vote Tuesday night at the Board of Aldermen's regular meeting reversed an earlier decision.
A request for the proclamation, made by representatives of the Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest Camp 1353, the Mississippi chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, was voted down 5-2 at the April 5 meeting ...
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/petal/2016/04/19/petal-reconsiders-confederate-history-proclamation/83239446/
