June 25, 2015
On the order of Gov. Robert Bentley, (click here) the Confederate battle flag which stands at the foot of the confederate memorial on the state Capitol grounds was taken down this morning.
Two workers came out of the Capitol building about 8:20 a.m. and with no fanfare quickly and quietly took the flag down. They declined to answer questions.
Moments later Gov. Bentley emerged from the Capitol on his way to an appearance in Hackleburg. Asked if he had ordered the flag taken down, the governor said, "Yes I did."...
The war dead of the confederacy can be listed name by name in any museum. The confederate flag is too inflammatory.
Arlington National Cemetery should be provided the names of the dead from the Civil War, both North and South. Currently, there are mass graves in Arlington and the soldiers have no identity. Those mass graves are from the Civil War. They are not small mounds. There is also the "Tomb of the Known Soldier."
April 29, 2011
Arlington, Va. — The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (click here) is conducting an criminal investigation into the mishandling of remains at Arlington National Cemetery.
The first part of the investigation concerns eight sets of cremated remains found in a single mass grave, Christopher Grey, spokesman for the commandtion, said at a press conference Wednesday at the cemetery.
The FBI is working with the Army on the investigation, begun in October. Grey said that the investigation concerns possible contract fraud and falsification of records, but that no current cemetery administration officials are involved. While multiple urns were placed in a single grave, Grey said multiple burial is not a criminal act.
Through a "myriad of methods" three sets of the remains were identified and two of those have already been re-interred at the families' request, Grey said. Another three sets of remains are unidentifiable....
On the order of Gov. Robert Bentley, (click here) the Confederate battle flag which stands at the foot of the confederate memorial on the state Capitol grounds was taken down this morning.
Two workers came out of the Capitol building about 8:20 a.m. and with no fanfare quickly and quietly took the flag down. They declined to answer questions.
Moments later Gov. Bentley emerged from the Capitol on his way to an appearance in Hackleburg. Asked if he had ordered the flag taken down, the governor said, "Yes I did."...
The war dead of the confederacy can be listed name by name in any museum. The confederate flag is too inflammatory.
Arlington National Cemetery should be provided the names of the dead from the Civil War, both North and South. Currently, there are mass graves in Arlington and the soldiers have no identity. Those mass graves are from the Civil War. They are not small mounds. There is also the "Tomb of the Known Soldier."
April 29, 2011
Arlington, Va. — The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (click here) is conducting an criminal investigation into the mishandling of remains at Arlington National Cemetery.
The first part of the investigation concerns eight sets of cremated remains found in a single mass grave, Christopher Grey, spokesman for the commandtion, said at a press conference Wednesday at the cemetery.
The FBI is working with the Army on the investigation, begun in October. Grey said that the investigation concerns possible contract fraud and falsification of records, but that no current cemetery administration officials are involved. While multiple urns were placed in a single grave, Grey said multiple burial is not a criminal act.
Through a "myriad of methods" three sets of the remains were identified and two of those have already been re-interred at the families' request, Grey said. Another three sets of remains are unidentifiable....
