Anti-racism group to displace Confederate parade in Lexington (VA)
Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:30 pm
BY LAURENCE HAMMACK The Roanoke Times
... An anti-racism group has obtained a parade permit for Jan. 14 — taking the date and route that traditionally has been claimed by a local Sons of Confederate Veterans chapter.
“We wanted to send a different message,” said Lyndon Sayers, one of the organizers of the Citizens Anti-Racism Education Initiative ...
Since the turn of the century, the Stonewall Brigade Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has been granted a permit for its Lee-Jackson parade on that day, usually after filing an application several months in advance. In a deliberate effort to be first in line, Sayers’ organization sought a permit last spring.
“I think it was kind of underhanded the way they slipped it in like that,” said W.B. “Doc” Wilmore, a Sons of Confederate Veterans member who usually handles bookings for the group’s Lee-Jackson Day events ...
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