SC Rebel Flag Removal Time-line:
- June 18, 2015, Dylan Roof, is reported to have shot up a Church full of Black parishioners
- June 22, Governor Nikki Haley held a press conference calling for the confederate flag to be removed from the state house grounds.
- June 25, Funeral Held for the first Shooting Victim
- June 26, Senator Pinckney’s funeral is held in Charleston. Speakers at funeral, including President Obama, call for the flag to be removed.
- July 06, Senate holds the first reading of Senator Vincent Sheheen’s bill to remove the flag and place it in the confederate Relic Room in the State Museum.
- July 07, The third reading is passed. The vote was 36-3.
- July 8, the bill goes to the SC House for debate and more than 60 amendments were added and debated.
- July, 9, the House votes to approve the bill with no amendments by a vote of 94 to 20.
- July 9, Governor Nikki Haley signs the bill into Law.
Resources:
Secession Documentation from the Civil War, Library of Virginia
U.S. Public Law 85-425: Sec. 410 Approved 23 May 1958
U.S. Public Law 810, Approved by 17th Congress 26 February 1929 [See: 38 U.S. Code, Sec. 2306 (page 386)]
Other States, Flag Issues:
Confederate General no longer welcome at Historic Park
Governor of Virginia orders Confederate Flag Removal
One Battle the Confederate Flag is still Winning
Rallies, Removals and Rebels Oh My!
Where does this leave Arkansas?
Church Shooting False-Flag?
15 Questions to ask about the shooting
10 Signs for a False-flag at Charleston SC Church
The Smoking gun: Active Duty Shooter on Site
