About That Confederate Memorial in Orange, Texas

I wrote about this in my January 24, 2020 blog.

From January 21, 2020, 6 KFDM, CBS, "Confederate memorial in Orange  ignites modern day civil rights struggle" by Angel San Quan.

The Confederate Memorial of the Wind is located on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive.  Some people consider that a slap in the face of the civil rights icon and movement.  You know, the "S" word.

It consists of  13 columns, representing the 13 states of the Confederacy and contains the Confederate flag as well as the flags of Texas Confederate regiments.  It is quite an impressive structure.  It was built by the Sons of Confederate Veterans who chose the site because the land was cheap, not because of the name of the road it is on.

Construction started in 2013 and there has been controversy over it ever since.

Opponents of the memorial have raised money to put up a billboard by it featuring King and one of his quotes:  "A time comes when silence is betrayal."

--Old Secesh