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The Florida Senate will likely jettison the Confederate battle flag from the chamber's official seal. The Senate Rules Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to revise the Senate seal that now ...
TALLAHASSEE — A polarizing symbol is disappearing from the Florida Senate, after senators endorsed a proposal Monday to remove the Confederate battle flag from their official seal.
Section 15.03 of the Florida Statutes in addition to specifying elements of the Great Seal, provides that the Department of State shall be the custodian of it, and that the Department of State ...
In 1887 the seal was superimposed over the red saltire, with the words “Great Seal of the State of Florida” added. Adopted by popular referendum in 1900, this flag had minor changes to the ...
The Florida Senate will likely jettison the Confederate battle flag from the chamber's official seal.The Senate Rules Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to revise the Senate seal that now ...
Florida's official state flag may be the only state Flag in the entire union to feature a woman of color on it, but is it also "the most overtly racist symbol in the United States?" That's what T ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Senate is removing the Confederate battle flag from the chamber’s official seal.The entire Senate on Monday agreed to revise ...
The Florida Senate is removing the Confederate battle flag from the chamber’s official seal. The entire Senate on Monday agreed to revise the seal that now contains the battle flag along with… ...
Florida was probably the most useless state to the Confederacy. Our population was small, our land was hard to secure, and the biggest thing we really contributed to that controversial cause was salt.
Citing historical inaccuracies and a need to reflect modern values, a Senate committee unanimously recommended Thursday that the Confederate flag be removed from the Florida Senate’s official seal.