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BATTLE FLAG WICHITA
IN
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK
339 Veterans Parkway, Wichita, Kansas 67203
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Confederate Battle Flag has been
temporarily take down - Wichita, Kansas |
WICHITA, Kansas
– Wichita city officials say Confederate flag at
Veterans Memorial Park has been temporarily taken down.
A national debate about the Confederate flag was renewed
after the shooting of nine black churchgoers in
Charleston, South Carolina. The shooting suspect has
been seen in photographs with the flag.
Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell says the flag has been
flying there since 1976.
One veteran says the city should have never made the
decision to take it down. He says it represents a piece
of history, but Longwell says their intent is to get
beyond the divisiveness that is represented in the
symbol of the flag.
“We want to look for a manner that can provide a better
historical perspective to share all of the flags that
are currently flying and displayed in that place of
honor and respect,” said Mayor Longwell.
Mayor Longwell and other city council members say
temporarily taking down the Confederate flag has created
an opportunity for open discussion between those who may
not agree.
“You have not seen anything that has been out of line.
So I think everybody has handled themselves very
professionally,” said City Councilwoman Lavonta
Williams.
Williams says she’s meet with different organizations in
the community to discuss whether the confederate flag
should still fly. Sunflower Action Community Group is
one of them. Director Djuan Wash says the battle flag
from the state of Virginia is about injury to the people
of Virginia, but it also represents oppression to the
southern slave holding states.
“This is about slavery. That’s what that flag stood for,
that’s what it’s about,” said Wash. “That’s what the war
was fought for as far as the south wanting the ability
to be able to own slaves as a state right.”
For Williams, she says the Confederate flag has
different meanings, race is one of them.
“Some of the things that happened in the south should
not have happened, but with Kansas being a free state,
we did not have to go through those types of things, but
the Confederate flag is a symbol for many people and
it’s not a positive symbol,” said Williams.
Mayor Longwell says he’s set up a meeting Monday night
with one of the veterans. They plan to discuss if it is
permanently taken down, what will replace it |
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The purpose of this website is to focus
on the CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG and nothing else.
A reason to restore the CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG to it's rightful
place in
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK
The topic of slavery, prejudice, bigotry or why the War
Between The States happened, etc.
can be discussed at a later date. |
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Please contact Wichita City Mayor Jeff
Longwell and request that he do the right thing and
raise the
Confederate Battle
Flag
to it's rightful place in VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK. |
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actions -
Herb Duncan an American Veteran.
(I help keep VETERANS MEMORIAL
PARK clean and presentable for visitors.)
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