SOURCE: The Washington Post
10-22-18
tags: Confederate flag, Confederate Monuments
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10-22-18
Confederate pride and prejudice
Breaking Newstags: Confederate flag, Confederate Monuments
A short walk from where President-elect Abraham Lincoln made the last train stop in his home state before leaving for Washington on the verge of the Civil War, a Confederate battle flag flies from a home garage.
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The property belongs to former mayor Greg Cler, who runs a car repair shop in this central Illinois village of 3,500 people. Cler isn’t from the South. He grew up about five miles away, in Pesotum, where his father, like most others in the region, farmed corn and soy. But Cler has long felt an attachment to the flag.
“Part of it is an act of rebellion,” he said.
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