(Columbia-AP) July 1, 2005 - An organizer of
the march against the confederate flag that brought
46,000 people to the Statehouse says her group should
have fought harder to remove the flag completely from
the capitol grounds.
Julia Sibley Jones with the South Carolina Christian
Action Council says the march helped force the removal
of the flag from the Statehouse dome, but Jones says the
group was not as united on where the flag should be
placed.
The flag was removed five years ago Friday from the
top of the Statehouse. A similar flag was raised by a
Confederate monument in front of the Statehouse.
Former Governor Jim Hodges says it was unrealistic to
expect the flag to be removed completely from the
Statehouse grounds. Hodges helped develop the compromise
to remove it from the dome.
Posted 7:32am by Bryce
Mursch
