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Tag: Confederate flag

Education

Attempt to ban Confederate flag display creates American flag controversy in Cold Spring

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 6, 2017, 1:27 PM Sep 6, 2017
20

Rocori High School in Cold Spring, Minn., is banning the display of flags on vehicles of kids who drive to school starting on Monday. Read more →

Education

The Confederate flag debate is back

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 15, 2017, 6:47 AM Aug 15, 2017
26

Yoga pants and visible hickeys are specifically banned in a lot of South Dakota schools but students with Confederate flag T-shirts might get away with it. Read more →

Education · Politics

Confederate flag stand threatens Crosby student’s graduation

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2016, 8:17 AM May 17, 2016
38

School officials in the Crosby-Ironton school district reportedly have threatened to withhold the diploma of a senior because he showed up at school yesterday with a Confederate flag attached to his car.
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Education

School district reverses policy on Confederate flag T-shirt honor

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 16, 2015, 4:18 PM Nov 16, 2015
15

When is a Confederate flag not offensive? When it’s a memorial to a family member and friend who liked the Dukes of Hazzard, according to a Minnesota school district. Read more →

Politics

Happy Nathan Bedford Forrest Day

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 13, 2015, 8:20 AM Jul 13, 2015
8

Not to worry, Confederate flags fans. There are still plenty of ways to honor racism and segregation and all that ‘history’ and ‘heritage.’
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Politics

McCollum halts Confederate flag backers’ stealth move

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2015, 2:10 PM Jul 10, 2015
10

Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum is getting some national press today for being on the ball and catching the late-night Republican shenanigans that sought to undo a ban on the Confederate flag at federal cemeteries. Read more →

History isn’t forgotten. People are

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2015, 10:56 AM Jul 10, 2015
18

A Confederate flag was lowered in South Carolina today and a few outcasts will insist history is being forgotten. You know who was actually forgotten? Charles Schroeter, a Medal of Honor recipient for actions in the Union army in October 1869, while serving with Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry in Arizona Territory. Read more →

Politics

Pelican Rapids store promoted with Confederate flag

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2015, 6:50 AM Jul 7, 2015

This time it’s Erhard, Minn., south of Pelican Rapids, Minn., where someone thought a Confederate flag in the Fourth of July parade was the perfect way to promote the local NAPA auto parts store. Read more →

Regional history

Southern MN fire department takes a stand for the Confederacy

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 5, 2015, 8:42 AM Jul 5, 2015
91

The man who drove a fire truck festooned with the Confederate flag at a parade in Albert Lea has defended his display in a common manner.
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Regional history

Is it time to ditch the Minnesota flag?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 2, 2015, 6:44 AM Jul 2, 2015
109

I was wondering whether a long simmering Minnesota controversy would reignite in the wake of the focus on the Confederate flag. It happened today. Read more →

Politics

A defense of the Confederate flag

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 30, 2015, 7:21 AM Jun 30, 2015
72

Wade Yarbrough, of Apple Valley, waded into hostile territory in today’s Star Tribune with his op-ed urging restraint in judging people who fly the Confederate flag.
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Confederate flag is the new graffiti

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2015, 8:09 AM Jun 29, 2015
14

The defenders of the Confederate flag who have insisted that it represents only pride in history are proving that it doesn’t.
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