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Fort Sumter nixes all Confederate flags, makes decision sans historian

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WashingtonExaminer—The flags of the Confederacy that flew high over Fort Sumter, the site where the first shots of the Civil War were fired, have been taken down from the historic site.

The decision to remove the flags came from a directive by National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis in Washington, D.C. which reads: “Confederate flags shall not be flown in units of the National Park system and related sites with the exception of specific circumstances where the flags provide historic context. … All superintendents and program managers should evaluate how Confederate flags are used … and remove the flags where appropriate.” “Shall not be flown” is the only text that appears in bold in the letter.

The site of the Civil War’s first battle is clearly a “historic” one, but according to a Fort Sumter spokesperson, it doesn’t qualify as a place where “flags provide historical context,” local WMBFNews reported.

After the initial order from Washington to remove the flags was handed down, NPS Director Jarvis provided “further guidance” the next day that put the onus for the decision on regional directors. Fort Sumter’s Superintendent Timothy Stone did not reverse Jarvis’ decision and the flags remain down.

“The Confederate flag has a place in national parks when it provides historic context — signifying troop movements and locations, during living history programs and reenactments, or as a part of memorials and historic landscapes,” Kathy Kupper, a spokesperson for the National Park Service, told the Washington Examiner.

The fort spokespeople are concerned they cannot provide “historical context” to those who do not attend the museum, like visitors on the beach or boaters passing by — although, unmentioned, is that these confused boaters and beachgoers would have to be in view of the mammoth edifice of the 19th century fort.

There is no historian on site to consult on the “historic context” so frequently mentioned by the park service. Spokesperson Bill Martin confirmed to the Washington Examiner that Fort Sumter’s only historian retired approximately six months ago, and the position remains unfilled due to staffing shortages within the Park Service.

Like most park service employees, the men making these decisions do not have history degrees. Fort Sumter’s superintendent has a background in forest management, with a bachelor’s of science in forest resources, according to his biography on the National Park Service web site. The originator of this ruling, NPS Director Jarvis, has a degree in biology.

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Never mind our history. It’s so yesterday.

19 Comments on Fort Sumter nixes all Confederate flags, makes decision sans historian

  8. Another obama step in the transformation of the United States.
    State’s Rights has no place in the US anymore. The nanny Federal Government knows what is best for the states and citizens.

    Now school children, just shut up and eat your school gruel like michelle told you to.

    Nice little sheep.

  11. We are besieged by the 21st Century incarnation of the Spanish Inquisition, the Puritans, and the Jacobins, These are the zealots who know what’s right and proper not only for themselves, but for everyone. And if you don’t go along, you will be ruined or killed in the name of whatever takes the place of God for such creatures.

    Their precursors were evil then, and they are evil now.

  12. What’s most frustrating to me is that it appears I’m the only person in the country to break out my Confederate flags in defense and in defiance of the National Govt. edicts and the Leftist propaganda campaign against our culture and heritage!

  15. In other parts of the world, there has been numerous examples of ethnic cleansing. Here it is cultural cleansing and the systematic dismantling of whites from any positions of authority.

  17. I visited Gettysburg four times in my life, with my family, as they grew up. I visited Fort Sumter once. I used to visit West Point at least once a month with the kids to watch the Cadets Parade. Then 9/11/01 happened and things changed. Then Obama got elected and things changed for the worst. What more can I say?

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