An Atlanta man allegedly made a nearly three-hour-long trek to South Carolina to lower the Confederate flag that flies over I-85 south.
An Atlanta man allegedly made a nearly three-hour-long trek to South Carolina to lower the Confederate flag that flies over Interstate 85 south.Spartanburg County deputies said they caught 22-year-old James Blitch trespassing onto a property Saturday night. Blitch allegedly told the officials he was planning to lower the flag that was originally erected by the Sons of Confederate Veterans in 2022. The property it sits on belongs to the organization's Spartanburg chapter.
When the Confederacy was defeated on April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War, then-President Abraham Lincoln moved forward with the abolition of slavery. Since the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and other white supremacists have carried it for decades, it strikes some as holding onto a past when not every American was free.There have been many attempts around Georgia to remove Confederate flags and statues from public places, especially in 2023.
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