Post by Logan on Jan 19, 2016 20:21:43 GMT -6
A small plane flying the Confederate flag buzzed the Capitol on Tuesday, protesting bills that would ban the flag's display from public property.
The aerial display, sponsored by the Florida chapter of Save Southern Heritage, included a banner with the message, “We’ll remember in Nov.,” a reference to this year's election.
“We’re hoping to bring attention to this issue so that the legislators will know there will be a political price to pay for being deniers of the truth of Florida’s history,” said David McCallister of Tampa, a spokesman for the group.
The flyover happened a day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations. And it coincided with a visit to the Capitol by the slain civil rights leader's son, Martin Luther King III, who led a march and rally in support of tax-credit funded scholarships
Continued at www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/01/19/plane-flying-confederate-flag-over-tallahassee/79000278/
The aerial display, sponsored by the Florida chapter of Save Southern Heritage, included a banner with the message, “We’ll remember in Nov.,” a reference to this year's election.
“We’re hoping to bring attention to this issue so that the legislators will know there will be a political price to pay for being deniers of the truth of Florida’s history,” said David McCallister of Tampa, a spokesman for the group.
The flyover happened a day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations. And it coincided with a visit to the Capitol by the slain civil rights leader's son, Martin Luther King III, who led a march and rally in support of tax-credit funded scholarships
Continued at www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/01/19/plane-flying-confederate-flag-over-tallahassee/79000278/