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TexasTowelie

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Fri Jul 18, 2014, 01:42 AM Jul 2014

Confederate memorial in Bellmead vandalized again

A Confederate memorial site on Interstate 35 was vandalized Friday night, with its flagpole toppled and battle flag stolen, said Charles Oliver, commander of the Waco chapter of Sons of Conderate Veterans.

It was the fourth such incident in the same number of years, Oliver said.

The memorial, which opened in March 2010, is next door to the Days Inn hotel on the west side of the interstate in Bellmead.

The monument is fenced in by metal bars. The memorial includes a stone slab, benches and a Confederate flag to honor soldiers who fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War.

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“We know what we’re doing is right,” he said.


More at http://www.wacotrib.com/news/greater_waco/bellmead/confederate-memorial-in-bellmead-vandalized-again/article_fc4dad56-17b6-5a6b-9efa-5cbf4658393b.html.

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Confederate memorial in Bellmead vandalized again (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2014 OP
Kind of strange to build one on a north-south Federal interstate! n/t betterdemsonly Jul 2014 #1
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