“Here we are now taking seriously that our landscape is literally marred with symbols to the Confederacy.” A movement against the Confederate symbols began in earnest after white nationalist Dylann Roof killed nine black parishioners in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 2015. The number of Confederate symbols that have been removed is not based solely on the toppling of Confederate statues. You..... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 17, 2017The report doesn’t indicate how many symbols to the Confederacy have been erected since 2015. According to an October 2017 report in The Washington Post, Confederate monuments are still being built across the country. The most recent change in state law occurred in Tennessee late last month when Republican Governor Bill Haslam signed an amendment to the Heritage Protection Act.

Source: Huffington Post June 05, 2018 19:52 UTC