Another sad day for those who love the South, liberty, freedom, self-determination, heritage, and historical accuracy. The PC police march on ... JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - A north Florida school board has voted unanimously to change the name of a local high school honoring a Confederate general. Its time to move forward with the renaming of Nathan B. Forrest High ... its time to really put it to bed, said School Board member Constance Hall, who asked the Board to finally begin the process of changing the name on Friday. The schools name was chosen in 1959 at the suggestion of the Daughters of the Confederacy as the group readied for the 100th anniversary of Florida joining the Confederacy, at the start of the Civil War. Forrests defenders call the effort to change the name part of a wider move to erase all remnants of the Confederacy. Where will this ever end? Bodie Catlin, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, asked the School Board, raising his hands in the air for emphasis. If you all go along with this, believe me, they are going to go after every Confederate general name in Jacksonville, he told the School Board. Its not going to stop there.” Other schools named for Confederate heroes in Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana and Alabama have taken steps toward renaming. In February, the Memphis City Council renamed three downtown parks to remove the Confederate association, including Nathan B. Forrest Park where the General is buried.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 13:39:01 +0000