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2 <br />Anthony Max Spriggs, my father, fought at D-day. With an all <br />African American unit, and risked his life for this country. When <br />he returned from the war, he had to sit in the back of the bus <br />and drink from separate water fountains. <br /> <br />When the Confederate Flag was flown in the Nation Capital <br />and how it has become a staple of the Ku Klux Klan rallies and <br />how it has been it is waved to intimidate Black children who <br />were integrating schools after Brown vs. the Board of <br />Education. There should be no place for it in public places. <br /> <br />The Confederate Flag represents the states that disfranchise <br />Black Citizens. It is a flag that will be associated with the <br />January 6 insurrection. The Rebel Flag had never been flown <br />to my knowledge inside the halls of Congress. <br /> <br />In the picture that shows the Confederate flag in the halls of <br />Congress, there is a picture in the background of Summer, a <br />representative from Mississippi who was beaten by Preston <br />Brooks in May of 1856 on the floor of Congress for speaking <br />out about slavery. <br /> <br />So an Ordance should be introduced banning the Confederate <br />flag from being displayed in public places. <br /> <br />Thanks, Dan Spriggs <br /> <br /> <br />Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. <br /> <br />