Groups urge governor to cancel Confederate Memorial Day event at ...

Two groups are pushing for Gov. Brian Kemp to cancel a Confederate Memorial Day event at Stone Mountain Park. It's slated to begin Saturday morning.

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Groups urge governor to cancel Confederate Memorial Day event at Stone Mountain Park. WSB. April 24, 2023. No compatible source was found for this media. Error ...

Groups urge governor to cancel Confederate Memorial Day event…

Groups urge governor to cancel Confederate Memorial Day event… The event, sponsored by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, draws a number of Confederate ...

Groups urge governor to cancel Confederate Memorial Day event at ...

Our goal is to remove all celebrations of the confederacy from *Stone Mountain Park*,” Williams said. “We want to enjoy the park for the ...

Media Release: Cancel Stone Mountain Park Confederate Memorial ...

Georgia Taxpayers and Local Businesses Urge Gov. Kemp and Bill Stephens to Cancel Confederate Memorial Day Event in Public Stone Mountain Park.

Groups call to cancel Confederate Memorial Day event at Stone ...

The Stone Mountain Action Coalition and Southern Poverty Law Center are again calling on Gov. Brian Kemp and the Stone Mountain Memorial Association to cancel ...

Confederate Memorial Day rally held at Stone Mountain Park

The rally was organized by the 'Sons of Confederate Veterans,' who said their goal is to honor their families legacies. A group of counter ...

Amid talk of change, Stone Mountain Park allows Confederate ...

The Sons of Confederate Veterans are set to gather Saturday morning at Stone Mountain State Park in observance of Confederate Memorial Day. It ...

The Origins of Memorial Day - VA.gov

One of the first occurred in Columbus, Miss., April 25, 1866, when a group of women visited a cemetery to decorate the graves of Confederate soldiers who had ...

Media — Stone Mountain Action Coalition

... Groups urge governor to cancel Confederate Memorial Day event at Stone Mountain Park. 11 Alive (4/16/23): Confederate Memorial Day event planned at Stone ...

Memorial Day history - National Cemetery Administration

The April 25–26, 1866, memorial day events honoring Confederate and Union ... If the GAR or other patriotic organizations were unable to organize a ceremony ...

Calls to stop confederate memorial event at Stone Mountain Park

A planned observation of Confederate Memorial Day at Stone Mountain Park has again raised opposition from local groups.

States still honor confederacy with its own Memorial Day - AOL.com

Several Southern states have ended or renamed confederate holidays. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama and Mississippi closed most government offices The post ...

20th Annual National Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Day ...

Groups urge governor to cancel Confederate Memorial Day event at Stone Mountain Park. The event, sponsored by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, draws a ...

Alabama and Mississippi mark Confederate Memorial Day | AP News

Legislation has been introduced in the ongoing Alabama legislative session to remove, alter or rename Confederate-related holidays, but this ...

Mississippi Confederate Heritage Month questioned after flag change

A Sons of Confederate Veterans group praised the Mississippi governor's ... Confederate Memorial Day, which is the fourth Monday in April. "It ...

Presidents and the Meaning of Memorial Day

... groups to the scheduling of sporting events on Memorial Day. In 1914 ... governor; reports of people decorating graves of Confederates too.

Groups call on Stone Mountain to cancel Confederate event

The Southern Poverty Law Center Wednesday joined a growing chorus of activist groups calling on the Stone Mountain Memorial Association to ...

SPLC Action Fund Applauds Passage of Bill Removing Confederate ...

BATON ROUGE – Last week, the Louisiana Senate passed House Bill 248 to remove Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the ...