Now, the organizations that had imposed economic boycotts on South Carolina for flying the flag are reevaluating their stance on the state after its removal. An officer then presented it to a state archivist. “That compassion was so moving that it motivated people to act and that action was so swift because the commitment of people to know that this is the right time to start moving in the right direction brought this flag down today”.
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Who took it, and exactly when they took it, is unknown.
“It feels so good to be out here and be happy about it”, said Ronald D.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill Thursday to remove the flag from state grounds.
Henkel says her flag is the American flag, and honoring her family does not make her or others racist. South Carolina representative James Clyburn also praised the removal of the flag, saying “an era of division is over”.
It was an emotional and historic day in South Carolina as thousands endured the Columbia heat to see the Confederate flag officially come down.
The boycott came as a direct response to the decision in 2000 to keep the Confederate flag on the Statehouse grounds atop a memorial on the front lawn despite large-scale protest. “Sure they will. But as far as this flag symbolizing a state or local government, that day is over”. While many try to absorb the significance of the flag’s removal in South Carolina, resistance to other confederate symbols is growing.
It will amend South Carolina’s 1976 Code, which authorised flags that would be flown atop the State House and on the Capitol grounds.
The emblem, which features a star-filled blue cross set against a red background, was lowered from outside the legislature on Friday after a renewed fight by civil rights campaigners.
Brighton Lester, 27, of Columbia and his wife, Megan, 24 were at the State House on Friday carrying large Confederate flags on poles.
The impetus for removing the flag follows the brutal killing of nine people attending church in Charleston last month. Haley signed the bill with 13 pens.
Denise Quarles’ mother, Myra Thompson, received her license to preach just hours before the June 17 shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.
“Will people still wear the symbol on their T-shirts or fly it from their homes?” “I’m grateful for their service and their compassion”.
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Also Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Roof should not been allowed to purchase the weapon used in the attack. He served as a private in the South Carolina Calvary, said camp Commander Bobby Snyder.
