Confederate flag lowered from South Carolina Statehouse grounds
Posted Jul 10, 2015 11:23:19 AM.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Confederate flag has been removed from a flagpole on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse, where it has had a presence for 54 years.
A van will take the flag to a nearby museum, where it will be housed.
The reversal seemed unthinkable just a month ago.
It comes after the June 17 massacre of nine black parishioners at a Charleston church.
A white man is charged, and authorities say the killings were racially motivated.
The shootings reignited calls to remove Confederate symbols across the country.
President Barack Obama says taking down the Confederate flag is “a sign of good will and healing and a meaningful step toward a better future.”
Obama posted his reaction on Twitter on Friday, minutes after the flag was removed from a flagpole on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse, where it had been for 54 years.
The removal followed last month’s killing of nine black parishioners at a Charleston church. A white man has been charged in what authorities have called a racially motivated killing.
