Another explanation for Blunt okaying the rebel flag flying?

[proud2BlibKansan]

Rebel Hell
Six Confederate soldiers looking for love may have come to the right place after all.
By Cesar Oman

The Pitch has learned that an unsettling discovery made nearly two months ago by workers excavating land for a new downtown arena has put that project in doubt.

On April 25, workers digging at the site of the former UMB Bank branch at Grand Avenue and Truman Road discovered human remains and immediately contacted authorities, records obtained by the Pitch show. The unearthing of what turned out to be multiple grave sites has been kept from the public while city, county and state officials wrestle with the implications for the arena project.

Within weeks of the discovery, city officials were certain that the six grave sites represented a previously unknown downtown cemetery dating to the 1860s. Examination of the remains and the artifacts found with them suggest that all six were adult males who were dressed in military uniforms and had suffered violent deaths. The Pitch has learned that officials quietly consulted a panel of three military historians; late last month, the experts concluded that the deceased were Confederate soldiers referred to in the journals of officers who wrote about a violent confrontation in Kansas City in October 1864.

"If they're keeping this under wraps, I can understand it," says Fletcher Gray, a history professor at the University of Kansas, who examined documents obtained by the Pitch. "What you're showing me doesn't just mean they've made a significant historical discovery. It also means the sports arena is in serious jeopardy. Unless, of course, the city can work something out with Confederate interest groups."

Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes, Jackson County Executive Katheryn Shields and Gov. Matt Blunt declined to comment for this story, but all three have been intimately involved in an extraordinary series of negotiations since the discovery of the remains. Secrecy has been very tight around the entire episode. Last month, for example, officials were so concerned that the arena project's budget would be compromised by the delay that the arena's design was rapidly scaled down and released to the public with little explanation.


(Lots more at link. It is really a fascinating article.)
http://www.pitch.com/Issues/2005-06-23/news/feature_print.html

[cornermouse]

1. Rebury them in a confederate cemetery.

Seems pretty obvious to me.

[scratchtasia]

2. Debunked here

It's apparently a prank:

http://www.memyi.us/2005/06/i_call_bunk.html

Further discussion at BlogKC.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. In The Pitch?

I am shocked. :)