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struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 06:19 PM Aug 2017

Florida senator files bill to ban Confederate holidays

Sandra Nortunen
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
1:02 p.m Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017

A state senator has proposed a bill that would eliminate three Confederate holidays in Florida.

Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation, filed the bill on Friday for the 2018 legislative session ...

The holidays on her list are the birthdays for Robert E. Lee and Confederate Jefferson Davis; and Confederate Memorial Day ...

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/latest-florida-senator-files-bill-ban-confederate-holidays/WRxWOCkb2qy0aUoxsfhcEP/

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Florida senator files bill to ban Confederate holidays (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2017 OP
I can't believe they even had holidays for these traitors! BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #1
Are there any holidays for.... mitch96 Aug 2017 #2
WTH? There are HOLIDAYS TO these TRAITORS?! Man, Benedict Arnold is TICKED! WinkyDink Aug 2017 #3

BigmanPigman

(51,651 posts)
1. I can't believe they even had holidays for these traitors!
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 06:36 PM
Aug 2017

They fought to succeed the US and they are heroes? Huh?!

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