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re: Alabama Governor Bentley has Confederate flags removed from Capitol grounds
Posted on 6/26/15 at 9:23 pm to PikeBishop
Posted on 6/26/15 at 9:23 pm to PikeBishop
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I visited Montgomery in the early 1990s. But have not been back since. I took a tour of the state capitol. I don't remember seeing this flag. I don't think the tour guide talked about it. If it was there, they certainly weren't making a big show out of its presence.
I do remember there being a marker at the top of the steps indicating where Jefferson Davis took the oath of office as President of the CSA. But you would have overlooked it if you weren't observant.
It wasn't on the capitol. They were flown next to a confederate monument on the downhill side of the property. It was easy to miss if you didn't know it was there. I used to work a block from it, and you couldn't get a view of it from the roads. Lots of trees on that side of the property.
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Posted on 6/26/15 at 9:33 pm to Evolved Simian
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I used to work a block from it, and you couldn't get a view of it from the roads. Lots of trees on that side of the property.
I work a block away now and it is still that way. When the leaves are on the trees, the flags can't be seen from the sidewalk or the street and the monument is only partly visible.
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